saddle soap

noun

a soap, usually consisting chiefly of Castile, used for cleaning and preserving saddles and other leather articles.

Origin of saddle soap

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby saddle soap

saddle oxford, saddle point, saddle roof, saddle seat, saddle shoe, saddle soap, saddle someone with, saddle sore, saddle stitch, saddle stitching, saddle-backed

Example sentences from the Web for saddle soap

  • Person and intellect were always thoroughly scrubbed as with saddle-soap.

    Quick Action |Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for saddle soap

saddle soap

noun

a soft soap containing neat's-foot oil used to preserve and clean leather