'Saddleback' definitions:
Definition of 'saddleback'
(from WordNet)
noun
A pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) [syn: saddleback, saddle]
noun
A double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end [syn: gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof]
Definition of 'Saddleback'
From: GCIDE
- Saddleback \Sad"dle*back`\, a. Same as Saddle-backed. [1913 Webster]
- Saddleback roof. (Arch.) See Saddle roof, under Saddle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Saddleback'
From: GCIDE
- Saddleback \Sad"dle*back`\, n.
- 1. Anything saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a concave outline at the top. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) (a) The harp seal. (b) The great blackbacked gull (Larus marinus). (c) The larva of a bombycid moth (Empretia stimulea) which has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch of color on the back. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'saddleback'
From: GCIDE
- Harp \Harp\ (h[aum]rp), n. [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D. harp, G. harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.]
- 1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A grain sieve. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
- Aeolian harp. See under Aeolian. [1913 Webster]
- Harp seal (Zool.), an arctic seal (Phoca Gr[oe]nlandica). The adult males have a light-colored body, with a harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and the face and throat black. Called also saddler, and saddleback. The immature ones are called bluesides; their fur is white, and they are killed and skinned to harvest the fur.
- Harp shell (Zool.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical seas. See Harpa. [1913 Webster]