Pass
Pass noun - A narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage.
Usage example: a mountain pass that was impassable during the winter
Saddle
Saddle noun - A narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage.
Usage example: the next day's hike was a stiff climb out of the saddle where they had camped for the night
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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She responds by knocking him out of the saddle on the next pass.
- The victor piled up the thirteen carbines in a stack, placed them on his saddle-bow, made the thirteen men march to meet his four dragoons, who had stopped on the other side of the ditch which they could not cross, and, being the last to pass over the ditch, he led his prisoners to the camp.
Source: Refuge In Audacity / Real Life
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