saddletree

[ sad-l-tree ]

/ ˈsæd lˌtri /

the frame of a saddle.

Origin of saddletree

First recorded in 1375–1425, saddletree is from the late Middle English word sadeltre. See saddle, tree

When Mrs. Saddletree entered the apartment in which her guests had shrouded their misery, she found the window darkened.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, Illustrated |Sir Walter Scott
Mrs. Saddletree was a woman of kindness, nay, of feeling, but not of delicacy.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, Illustrated |Sir Walter Scott
But with time there came a relaxation of that early zeal which she manifested in Mrs. Saddletree's service.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Vol. 1., Illustrated |Sir Walter Scott
Mr. Saddletree advised to give the Laird of Lounsbeck a charge on his hand for a thousand merks.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, Illustrated |Sir Walter Scott

But Mrs. Saddletree kept him to point, partly out of real interest, partly from curiosity.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Vol. 1., Illustrated |Sir Walter Scott

saddletree

/ (ˈsædəlˌtriː) /

the frame of a saddle