saddling means the act of placing a saddle on an animal. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
Etymology
From saddle (verb) + -ing. Compare Middle English saddyllynge, sadyllynge (“a saddlecloth or horsecloth”).
noun
- The act of placing a saddle on an animal.“And so through all the racket and noise of two or three saddlings and unsaddlings, he remained quite undisturbed, and came out of it much the best.”