Anonymous asked: What is it called when someone is taking the saddle, blankets, etc. off a horse for the night?
Are you looking for “unsaddle” or it’s lesser known synonym “offsaddle”?
Unsaddle (v): To remove a saddle from a horse.
swifthorse lays some knowledge on us: Untack is commonly used in the horse world.
Untack (v): Remove the saddle and bridle from (a horse).
For more on horse care after riding, check out:
How To Care For Your Horse After Riding
How to Care for Your Horse After Riding
How to Care for your Horse after Riding : Beginner Horseback Riding Lesson
Grooming Your Horse
If you happen to know more about this than we do (that wouldn’t be difficult) feel free to chime in. Is there specific terminology for this?
The saying was an eye for an eye. The problem was that when you ran out of eyes to poke out, you started gunning for other body parts. Blinding the world was okay at the time -and why wouldn’t it be- but when someone was insane enough to start ripping out hearts?
That was when people started panicking.