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Synonyms
rig (rĭg)

[Middle English riggen, probably of Scandinavian originNorwegian rigga, to bind.]

transitive verb: rigged, rig·ging, rigs. 

  1. To provide with a harness or equipment; fit out.
  2. Nautical
    1. To equip (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
    2. To fit (sails or shrouds, for example) to masts and yards.
  3. Informal To dress, clothe, or adorn: The costumer rigged out the actors in peasant clothing.
  4. To make or construct in haste or in a makeshift manner: rig up a tent for the night.
  5. To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain: rig a prizefight; rig stock prices.

noun 

  1. Nautical The arrangement of masts, spars, and sails on a sailing vessel.
  2. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
    1. A truck or tractor.
    2. A tractor-trailer.
    3. A vehicle with one or more horses harnessed to it.
  4. The special apparatus used for drilling oil wells.
  5. Western U.S. See saddle
  6. Informal A costume or an outfit: wore an outlandish rig to the office.
  7. Fishing tackle.
sad·dle (săd́l)

[Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol.]

noun 

    1. A leather seat for a rider, secured on an animal's back by a girth. Also called rig
    2. Similar tack used for attaching a pack to an animal.
    3. The padded part of a driving harness fitting over a horse's back.
    4. The seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
    5. Something shaped like a saddle.
    1. A cut of meat consisting of part of the backbone and both loins.
    2. The lower part of a male fowl's back.
    1. A saddle-shaped depression in the ridge of a hill.
    2. A ridge between two peaks.

verb: -dled, -dling, -dles. 

transitive verb 

  1. To put a saddle onto.
  2. To load or burden; encumber: They were saddled with heavy expenses.

intransitive verb 

  1. To saddle a horse.
  2. To get into a saddle.

idioms

in the saddle
In control; dominant.