Word Meanings - SADDLEBOW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front.

Related words: (words related to SADDLEBOW)

• FRONTIERSMAN
  A man living on the frontier.
• FRONTIERED
  Placed on the frontiers.
• FRONTLESSLY
  Shamelessly; impudently.
• FRONTED
  Formed with a front; drawn up in line. "Fronted brigades." Milton.
• FRONTLET
  The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles. (more info) 1. A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead. They shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. Deut. vi. 8. 2. A frown . What makes that
• FRONTAGE
  The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.
• SADDLECLOTH
  A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• FRONTIER
  An outwork. Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. Shak. (more info) 1. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country;
• FRONTLESS
  Without face or front; shameless; not diffident; impudent. "Frontless vice." Dryden. "Frontless flattery." Pope.
• FRONTON
  See 2
• SADDLE
  A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar. (more info) OHG. satal, satul, Icel. söedhull, Dan. & Sw. sadel; cf. Russ. 1. A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably
• SADDLE-BACKED
  1. Having the outline of the upper part concave like the seat of a saddle. 2. Having a low back and high neck, as a horse.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• FRONTIGNAC; FRONTIGNAN
  A grape of many varieties and colors. (more info) 1. A sweet muscadine wine made in Frontignan , France.
• FRONT
  1. The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face. Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's tongue. Pope. Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front. Shak. His front yet threatens, and his
• FRONTISPIECE
  The part which first meets the eye; as: The principal front of a building. An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself. (more info) beginning, front of a church, fr. L. frons
• FRONTINIAC
  See FRONTIGNAC
• FRONTO-
  A combining form signifying relating to the forehead or the frontal bone; as, fronto-parietal, relating to the frontal and the parietal bones; fronto-nasal, etc.
• FRONTINGLY
  In a fronting or facing position; opposingly.
• WHITE-FRONTED
  Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose , the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.
• SIDESADDLE
  A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. Sidesaddle flower , a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia.
• CONFRONT
  1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. Shak. He spoke and then confronts the bull. Dryden. Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew
• UNSADDLE
  1. To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse. 2. To throw from the saddle; to unhorse.
• CONFRONTATION
  Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.
• EFFRONTUOUSLY
  Impudently. R. North.
• BIFRONTED
  Having two fronts. "Bifronted Janus." Massinger.
• AFFRONTEE
  One who receives an affront. Lytton.
• AFFRONTEDLY
  Shamelessly. Bacon.