saddlebag

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saddlebag

  • /ˈsædəlˌbæɡ/

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From saddle + bag.

noun saddlebags · saddle bag · saddle-bag

  1. A covered pouch, usually one of a pair, laid across the back of a horse, donkey, or mule behind its saddle, or hanging over the rear wheel of a motorcycle; often made of leather or (on a motorcycle) a rigid material. The old cap-and-ball .44 was in Pa's saddle bag with its belt and powder flask and the leather sacks of lead bullets and caps.
  2. broadly, nonstandard pannier
  3. A seat pack or a seat bag (a pouch or a small bag attached to the seat or seat post of a bicycle)
  4. US, in plural, informal Loose fatty flesh on a person's upper thighs or buttocks, that hangs like saddlebags. The area treated was always the side of the thighs, where she had visible saddlebags.

    Similar: riding breeches

  5. A style of house with two rooms separated by a small hall and open space.

verb saddlebags · saddlebagging · saddlebagged · saddle bag · saddle-bag

  1. transitive To place in a saddlebag.
  2. transitive To put a saddlebag on (an animal).

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noun covered pouch

Españolalforja
Portuguêsalforje, baú
Françaissacoche
DeutschSatteltasche
Русскийперемётная сума́ peremjótnaja sumá, седе́льный вьюк sedélʹnyj vʹjuk

noun butt sag

Españolculo caído, cartucheras

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@misc{saddlebag_2026,
  title = {saddlebag},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saddlebag},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}