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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Saddle \Sad"dle\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Saddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saddling}.] [AS. sadelian.]
1. To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding. ''saddle my horse.'' --Shak.
Abraham rose up early, . . . and saddled his ass. --Gen. xxii. 3.
2. Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Saddled \Sad"dled\, adjective (Zo["o]l.) Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
saddled
adjective
1: having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal; "saddled and spurred and ready to ride" [ant: {unsaddled}]
2: subject to an imposed burden; "left me saddled with the bill"; "found himself saddled with more responsibility than power"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "saddled": beholden, beholden to, bound, bounden, bounden to, burdened, charged, committed, cumbered, duty-bound, encumbered, fraught, freighted, hampered, in duty bound, indebted to, laden, loaded, obligate, obligated, obliged, obliged to, oppressed, overburdened, overcharged, overfraught, overfreighted, overladen, overloaded, overtaxed, overweighted, pledged, taxed, tied, under obligation, weighted, weighted down
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