Adjective: saddled sa-d(u)ld
- Having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal
"saddled and spurred and ready to ride"
- Subject to an imposed burden
"left me saddled with the bill"; "found himself saddled with more responsibility than power"
- Put a saddle on
"saddle the horses"
- Load or burden; encumber
"he saddled me with that heavy responsibility";
- lumber [Brit, informal]
- Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
"He saddled her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend";
- charge, burden, lumber [Brit, informal]
See also: burdened
Type of: attach, burden, burthen, command, require, weight, weight down
Encyclopedia: Saddle, Arkansas