saddleless

6.1

Without a saddle on a horse or pony

adjective
/ˈsædələs/

: sin silla

I see a tall boy on a red horse, saddleless, his Sunday clothes immaculate, riding home.

Examples

The horse appeared saddleless, trotting through the field with ease.
Without a saddle, the rider struggled to keep balance on the saddleless pony.
The saddleless horse galloped freely across the open meadow.

Synonyms

bareback

vssaddleless

1 6.4

Riding a horse without a saddle

applies to anything lacking a rider's seat, not only when ridden

unsaddled

vssaddleless

1 4.9

An animal, usually a horse, that has no saddle on its back

is the general adjective for lacking a rider's seat in any object

barebacked

vssaddleless

7.0

Riding a horse without a saddle

is used more broadly for simply lacking a rider's seat

Antonyms

saddled

2.5

Having a saddle on for riding

Surface Forms

saddleless positive

Morphology

saddleless = saddle (transparent) = saddle + less

Meaning is directly derived from 'saddle' + '-less' = 'without a saddle', which is straightforward for learners who know the base and the suffix.

Etymology

The word saddleless is simply saddle + -less, and -less means 'without'. So saddleless describes someone or something 'without a saddle', which is why it means 'not equipped with a saddle'.