sidesaddle

plural sidesaddles · alternative side-saddle

1. A saddle, usually for a woman, in which the rider sits with both legs on the same side of the horse.
2. The technique of riding a horse with both legs on the same side of the horse.

alternative side-saddle

1. not comparableOn, or as if on, such a saddle.

   He rode sidesaddle to avoid worsening his injured leg.

   2 more examples

   He had his daughter riding sidesaddle on the bicycle frame while he pedaled.

   Undoing the last few straps, Eragon swung his right leg over Saphira's spine, so he was sitting sidesaddle, and prepared to jump off her back.

   2008, Christopher Paolini, “Assault on Helgrind”, in Brisingr, page 41

   Synonyms: woman-fashion