Meanings
plural saddlecloths
- A blanket placed under a saddle, a saddle blanket.
1 more example
He rejoined the Twenty-Second Lancers at Cape Town—all the squadrons together again for the first time in two years—and sailed for home. The new King himself reviewed them after their arrival, having granted them time enough to discard their khaki and put on again the glories of blue and gold, schapska and plume, lance pennons and embroidered saddle cloths.
1936 February, C[ecil] S[cott] Forester [pseudonym; Cecil Louis Troughton Smith], chapter II, in The General, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, →OCLC, page 15 - A cloth displaying a racehorse's number.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounstable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish satulahuopa, voilokki
- satulahuopablanket placed under a saddle — see also saddle blanket
- voilokkicloth displaying a racehorse's number
German Satteldecke
- Satteldeckeblanket placed under a saddle — see also saddle blanket
Portuguese xairel, sobreanca
- xairelblanket placed under a saddle — see also saddle blanket
- sobreancablanket placed under a saddle — see also saddle blanket
Russian чепра́к
- чепра́к (čeprák)blanket placed under a saddle — see also saddle blanket
Swedish sadeltäcke, vojlock
- sadeltäckeblanket placed under a saddle — see also saddle blanket
- vojlockblanket placed under a saddle — see also saddle blanket
Cite this entry
saddlecloth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saddlecloth
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