side-saddle
Both legs sideways
Side-saddle describes a way of riding a horse with both legs on the same side of the animal rather than straddling it.
The style was traditional for women wearing skirts or dresses.
A side-saddle is also the specialized saddle designed for this purpose, with a curved horn to hook one leg over.
She rode side-saddle in the parade.
Atop a steed
- habitSettled regular tendency
- pommelSaddle's front knob
- stirrupMounted rider's foot support
- mareFemale adult equine
palfrey · canter · trot · gallop · dressage · bridle · girth · reins
Befitting refined femininity
- elegantGracefully refined, tasteful
- gracefulElegant in movement
- genteelAffectedly polite or refined
- refinedPurified or cultured
modesty · decorum · poise · dignity · propriety · demure · chaperone · debutante
Steadiness or amount owed
- seatPlace for sitting
- asymmetricalNot equal on both sides
- lopsidedUnequally balanced
- sidewaysToward one side
offset · angled · tilted · positioned · alignment · skewed · perched · poised
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- bygoneOf earlier times
heritage · period · vintage · antique · custom · convention · time-honored · nostalgic
horseback
Atop a steed
mare · palfrey · canter · trot · gallop · dressage · bridle · girth · reins · showing
ladylike
Befitting refined femininity
refined · modesty · decorum · poise · dignity · propriety · demure · chaperone · debutante · gown
balance
Steadiness or amount owed
- seatPlace for sitting
- asymmetricalNot equal on both sides
- lopsidedUnequally balanced
sideways · offset · angled · tilted · positioned · alignment · skewed · perched · poised · mounted
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- antiquatedOld and outdated
bygone · heritage · period · vintage · antique · custom · convention · time-honored · nostalgic · classic
side-saddleastride
With legs spanning
straddling · astraddle · straddle · legs apart · bareback