资源描述：
《鞍_-_Wikipedia》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、SaddleThisarticleisaboutsaddlesforanimals.Forotheruses,seeSaddle(disambiguation).ThesaddleisasupportivestructureforariderorWesternsaddleatGarzaCountyHistoricalMuseuminPost,Texas,USA.invention,andthoughearlystirrupdesignspredatedtheinventionofthesolidtree,thepairedstirrup,whichat-tach
2、edtothetree,wasthelastelementofthesaddletoreachthebasicformthatisstillusedtoday.Today,mod-Adressage-style“English”saddleusedforridinghorses.ernsaddlescomeinawidevarietyofstyles,eachdesignedforaspecificequestrianismdiscipline,andrequirecare-fulfittoboththeriderandthehorse.Propersaddleca
3、recanextendtheusefullifeofasaddle,oftenfordecades.1EtymologyTheword“saddle”originatesfromtheProto-Germaniclanguage*sathulaz,withcognatesinvariousotherIndo-Europeanlanguages,[3]includingtheLatinsella.[4]2HistoryanddevelopmentThereisevidence,thoughdisputed,thathumansfirstbe-Asaddlefromt
4、heYiethnicminorityprovinceinYunnanganridingthehorsenotlongafterdomestication,possi-province,China.Saddlehasaleatherbasewithlacquerover-blyasearlyas4000BC.[5]Theearliestknownsaddle-likelay.equipmentwerefringedclothsorpadsusedbyAssyriancavalryaround700BC.Thesewereheldonwithagirthotherl
5、oad,fastenedtoananimal’sbackbyagirth.Theorsurcinglethatincludedbreaststrapsandcruppers.[6]mostcommontypeistheequestriansaddledesignedforFromtheearliestdepictions,saddlesbecamestatussym-ahorse,butspecializedsaddleshavebeencreatedfor[1][2]bols.Toshowoffanindividual’swealthandstatus,em-c
6、amelsandothercreatures.Itisnotknownpreciselybellishmentswereaddedtosaddles,includingelaboratewhenridersfirstbegantousesomesortofpaddingorpro-sewingandleatherwork,preciousmetalssuchasgold,tection,butablanketattachedbysomeformofsurcinglecarvingsofwoodandhorn,andotherornamentation.[7]org
7、irthwasprobablythefirst“saddle,”followedlaterbymoreelaboratepaddeddesigns.ThesolidtreewasalaterTheNorthIranianEurasiannomadsknowninEuropeas122HISTORYANDDEVELOPMENTScythiansandinAsiaasSakadevelopedanearlyformandflexibletreesaddledesignshavefoundthatthereisofsaddlewitharudimentaryframe,w
8、hichincluded
