saddle

ot noun

1. A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
2. An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
3. A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.
4. A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.

fe’l verb

1. To burden or encumber. He has been saddled with the task of collecting evidence of the theft.
2. To put a saddle on (an animal).
3. To get into a saddle.