saddle sore

sad·dle sore

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sad-l sawr, sohr]
- /ˈsæd l sɔr, soʊr/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sad-l sawr, sohr]
- /ˈsæd l sɔr, soʊr/

Definitions of saddle sore words

noun saddle sore an irritation or sore on a horse caused by the rubbing of a poorly adjusted saddle. 1
noun saddle sore an irritation or sore on a rider caused by a saddle. 1

See all 2 definitions of saddle sore

Information block about the term

Origin of saddle sore

First appearance:

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

First recorded in 1945-50

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Saddle sore

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Saddle sore

saddle sore popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

saddle sore usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer