saddle soap

noun

a soap, usually consisting chiefly of Castile, used for cleaning and preserving saddles and other leather articles.

saddle soap

noun

a soft soap containing neat's-foot oil used to preserve and clean leather

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Word History and Origins

Origin of saddle soap¹

First recorded in 1885–90

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Example Sentences

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Every single day they had to be washed, then rubbed with saddle soap.

From

There were cans of saddle soap and a drippy can of tar with its paint brush sticking over the edge.

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Leather can be preserved for years by the use of saddle soap and neat's-foot oil, but once it becomes hard and cracked nothing will make it serviceable.

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"Horses," she said showing sharp teeth, "are nothing for a man with your bile—poy-boy—curry comber, smelling of saddle soap—lovely!"

From

saddle shoe saddle someone with

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