Obs. exc. dial. Also (north.) 4 lad-, 5 layd-, 5– lade-, laid-. [f. LOAD sb. (or perh. LADE sb.1) + SADDLE sb.] A pack-saddle.

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1397–8.  Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 136. In ij ladsadell’ et uno panel empt. ixs. iiijd. Ibid. (1418–9), 615. In cartesadiltrees et ladesadiltrees empt. ijs. viijd.

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1483.  Cath. Angl., 206/1. A layd sadylle, gestatorium, gestarium.

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1563.  Richmond. Wills (Surtees, 1853), 169. A lade sadle, ij girths, a halter, and a wanton bodome, xxd.

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a. 1568.  Wowing Jok & Jynny, 52, in Bannatyne Poems (1878), 389. I haif … Ane auld pannell of ane laid sadill.

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1847.  Halliwell, Lade-saddle, a saddle for a horse carrying a load or burthen on its back.

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1855.  Robinson, Whitby Gloss., Load-saddle, a wooden pack-saddle.

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