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Saddleback   Listen
adjective
Saddleback  adj.  Same as Saddle-backed.
Saddleback roof. (Arch.) See Saddle roof, under Saddle.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Saddleback" Quotes from Famous Books



... the eye follows for the space of an eagle's flight, the serpentine mountain chains, southwards from the great purple dome of Taconic—the St. Peter's of these hills—northwards to the twin summits of Saddleback, which is the two-steepled natural cathedral of Berkshire; while low down to the west the Housatonie winds on in her watery labyrinth, through charming meadows basking in the reflected rays from the hill-sides. At this season the beauty of every thing ...
— Israel Potter • Herman Melville

... very large Coyote, half as tall again as Tito, and the dark patch on his shoulders was so large and black that the cow-boys when they came to know him, called him Saddleback. From that time these two continued more or less together. They were not always close together, often were miles apart during the day, but toward night one or the other would get on some high open ...
— Johnny Bear - And Other Stories From Lives of the Hunted • E. T. Seton



Words linked to "Saddleback" :   ridgepole, notch, saddle roof, gambrel roof, gambrel, pass, saddleback roof, gutter, trough, rooftree



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