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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1717, 1778-1779

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SADLE, n. Also saidle; saddle-. A settle, a long seat or bench of wood or turf or occas. stone, placed near the fire indoors or outside against a wall. Freq. in combs. langsadle, see Lang, adj.; saddle seat, id.; saidle-turside, id. (Bnff. 1825 Jam.). This last is doubtful, and phs. a misunderstanding of saiddle-tae-side s.v. Saidle.Bnff. 1717 Trans. Bnff. Field Club (1932) 177:
Causeys, closs, and saddleseat.Lnk. a.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 28:
She lay in the little lang sadle at the hallen end.

[Variant of Eng. settle. Forms with -d are attested very early. Cf. O.North. sedl-. There may have been influence from Saidle also. O.Sc. has saddill, id., 1454.]

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