ˈoff-saddle, n.
[f. the vb.]
A break or rest in a journey during which horses are unsaddled.
| 1900 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Jan. 1/3 The Cape horse..can canter along steadily all day under a burning sun, with an occasional off-saddle. 1908 Daily Chron. 10 Nov. 3/5, I had him by the hip at ‘off-saddle’ time. |