1. (

• saddle ,

) put a saddle on; "saddle the horses" ;

2. (

• saddle ,

) load or burden; encumber; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility" ;

3. (

• charge ,
• saddle ,
• burden

) impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" ;

1. (

• saddled

) having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal; "saddled and spurred and ready to ride" ;

2. (

• saddled

) subject to an imposed burden; "left me saddled with the bill"; "found himself saddled with more responsibility than power" ;