saddle-shaped

2 definitions found

saddle-shaped - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Saddle-shaped \Sad"dle-shaped`\, a.
     Shaped like a saddle. Specifically:
     (a) (Bot.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper
         part a rounded form. --Henslow.
         [1913 Webster]
     (b) (Geol.) Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without
         being broken at top; -- said of strata.
         [1913 Webster]

saddle-shaped - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  saddle-shaped
      adj 1: shaped in the form of a horse's saddle