saddleries

Noun

saddlery (countable and uncountable, plural saddleries)

1. (uncountable) The trade or craft of a saddler.
   • A good deal of dressed leather is now sent to London, from whence formerly much of what was used here was brought. Saddlery is carried on to some extent.1792 July, John Naismith, “Statistical Account of the Parish of Hamilton”, in The Edinburgh Magazine or Literary Miscellany, volume 16, page 12
2. A place of business of a saddler.
   • There is a tinker’s shop and a pharmacy; a saddlery, where the broken gear used in cultivating the monastery lands is mended […]1892, James Lane Allen, “A Home of the Silent Brotherhood”, in The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky and Other Kentucky Articles, New York: Harper, page 185

   Synonyms:

   knacker

3. (uncountable) The inventory and equipment of a saddler; saddles and other horse-riding equipment, or the materials for making them.
   • Near-synonym: tack

   Synonyms:

   tack