saddlebags

Noun

saddlebag (plural saddlebags)

1. A covered pouch, usually one of a pair, laid across the back of a horse, donkey, or mule behind its saddle, or hanging over the rear wheel of a motorcycle; often made of leather or (on a motorcycle) a rigid material.
   • By 1482 the printing capital of the world was Venice, and the busiest printer there was a man called Aldus Manutius who used to have a sign outside his shop saying 'If you would speak to Aldus, hurry — time presses'. He had good reason. No single printer did more to spread the printed word than he....1978, James Burke, Connections, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 105
2. (broadly, nonstandard) pannier
3. A seat pack or a seat bag (a pouch or a small bag attached to the seat or seat post of a bicycle)
4. (US, in plural, informal) Loose fatty flesh on a person's upper thighs or buttocks, that hangs like saddlebags.
   • The area treated was always the side of the thighs, where she had visible saddlebags.2002, Maria Makarovic, Doctor Help Me Slim Down!: Firm Up and Get Rid of Cellulite!, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 141

   Synonyms:

   riding breeches

5. A style of house with two rooms separated by a small hall and open space.

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