different between notch vs saddle

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1577, probably a rebracketing of an + otch, which noun stems from Middle French oche (“notch”), itself from the Old French verb ochier (“to notch”), of uncertain origin, but possibly related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /n?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

notch (plural notches)

1. A V-shaped cut.
   1. Such a cut, used for keeping a record.

   2. (slang) Woman.
2. An indentation.
3. A mountain pass; a defile.
4. (finance) A discontinuous change in a taxation schedule.
5. (informal) A level or degree.
   • 2014, Daniel Taylor, "World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk, 20 June:

     a better team might also have done more to expose Uruguay’s occasionally brittle defence, but England’s speed of thought and movement in their attacking positions was a good notch or two down from the Italy game.

6. (electronics) A portion of a mobile phone that overlaps the edge of the screen, used to house camera, sensors etc. while maximizing screen space.

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Translations

Verb

notch (third-person singular simple present notches, present participle notching, simple past and past participle notched)

1. (transitive) To cut a notch in (something).
2. (transitive) To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.

3. (transitive) To join by means of notches.
4. (transitive, informal) To achieve (something); to add to one's score or record of successes.

   Synonym: notch up
5. (transitive) To fit (an arrow) to a bow by means of the notch cut at the end of the arrow; to nock.
   • 1885, John Niles Hubbard, An Account of Sa-go-ye-wat-ha, Or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830, page 31:

     Notching an arrow on the string of his tried and unerring bow, he raised his sinewy arms […]

   • 1913, Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.), Our Paper, page 530:

     As Uncle Bunse threw his armful of stuff into the canoe, half a dozen other Indians crept forward, notching their arrows to shoot.

Derived terms

• notcher

Translations

References

• Partridge, Eric (2006): Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English

Cebuano

Etymology

From nota + ch.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: notch

Noun

notch

1. the penis

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæd?l/, [?sædl?]
• Rhymes: -æd?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sod-d?lo-, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”) + *-d?lom (instrumental suffix). Cognate with Scots sadil, Saterland Frisian Soadel, West Frisian seal, Dutch zadel, Low German Sadel, German Sattel, Danish sadel, Swedish sadel, Icelandic söðull, Russian ?????? (sedló).

Noun

saddle (plural saddles)

2. A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
3. An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
4. A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.
5. A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
   • 1870, The Cook and Housewife's Manual (5th edition)

     A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout: or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup […]
6. A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 483:

     With Lizzie leading, they scrambled quickly over several false peaks towards the saddle.

7. (mining) A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, especially in Australia.
8. The raised floorboard in a doorway.
9. (construction) A small tapered or sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
10. (nautical) A block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
11. (engineering) A part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
12. The clitellum of an earthworm.
13. Any of the saddle-like markings on a boa constrictor.
14. A saddle shoe.
    • 1972, Judy Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (page 56)

      'Brown-and-white saddles for Fudge and loafers for Peter.'
      'OK, Peter... let's see how those feet have grown.'
      I slipped out of my old shoes and stood up.

15. (music, lutherie) That part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations via the bridge to the soundboard.

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Etymology 2

From Middle English sadelen, from Old English sadolian, from Proto-Germanic *sadul?n?.

Verb

saddle (third-person singular simple present saddles, present participle saddling, simple past and past participle saddled)

1. (transitive) To put a saddle on (an animal).
2. To get into a saddle.
3. (transitive) To burden or encumber.

Translations

See also

• sidle

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (sadoru)

References

• “saddle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• addles, daleds