saddle-sore

1. 1.

   (of a rider) sore after riding a horse

   Similarpainful

Questions about saddle-sore

What does saddle-sore mean?

saddle-sore means "(of a rider) sore after riding a horse".

How many syllables are in saddle-sore?

saddle-sore has 3 syllables and divides as sadd-le--sore under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is saddle-sore a common word?

saddle-sore is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.