(a) A seat for a rider on the back of a horse, donkey, etc.; a riding saddle; also fig.; (b) a representation of a saddle on a coat of arms; (c) ~ arsoun, the uptilted front of a riding saddle, saddlebow; ~ bras, ?brass hardware for a saddle; ~ brushe, ?a brush for cleaning a saddle; ~ charge, ?a saddle load; ?a packhorse load, seam; ~ clothe (house), a saddlecloth; ~ gere, saddle gear; ~ makere, a maker of saddles, saddler; ~ of bere, bering ~, ?a sedan chair; ?a litter, stretcher; ~ panel, a saddlecloth or pad; ~ pole, a pole or shaft used as part of the apparatus for hitching an animal to a cart or wagon; ~ skirtes, saddle skirts; ~ stede, a saddle horse, riding horse; ~ tre, the wooden framework of a saddle; (d) cariage ~, a packsaddle; cart ~, a small saddle on the back of a cart horse to which the tongue or shafts are attached [see also cart n.5.(a)]; cart ~ tre, the wooden framework of such a saddle; hakeneie ~, a riding saddle for a hackney [see also hakeneie n.2.]; justinge ~, a saddle for a jouster's charger [see also justinge ger.(b)]; lode ~ [see lode n.1.(b)]; lode ~ tre, the wooden framework of a packsaddle; male ~ [see male n.(2) 1.(b)]; pake ~ [see pake n.3.(a)]; somer ~ [see somer n.(2)]; stele ~ [see stele n.(1)]; tronk ~ [see tronk n.]; (e) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.92].