saddlery
/ˈsædləɹi/
saddlery noun: the trade or craft of a saddler.
Noun
saddlery (countable and uncountable, plural saddleries)
- 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
- The whole station is engaged in saddlery just now. It is wonderful how soon people learn to do everything for themselves in the bush.1863, Rachel Henning, letter dated 27 January, 1863, in David Adams (ed.), The Letters of Rachel Henning, Penguin, 1969, p. 124
- 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
- Occasional stores pressed close to the wooden walk, and you got the dry smell of hay-and-feed shops or leathery whiffs from saddleries […]1931, Ruth Russell, Lake Front, Chicago: Thomas S. Rockwell, Part 3, Chapter 2, p. 209
- Synonyms:
- knacker
- The inventory and equipment of a saddler; saddles and other horse-riding equipment, or the materials for making them.
- Near-synonym: tack
- The next article, and the most important article of all to this country, was saddlery. This embraced every part of the leather manufacture, boots, shoes, gloves, &c.1787 July, “Irish Parliamentary Intelligence”, in Walker’s Hibernian Magazine, page 387
- Synonyms:
- tack
saddlery meaning in Bengali
saddlery in Bengali
- জিন প্রস্তুতকারীর ব্যবসায়, প্রস্তুতকৃত দ্রব্য
Examples of saddlery in a sentence
- He traveled almost altogether afoot, observing the strictest economy and supporting himself by occasional jobs of saddlery and harness mending.1905, John F. Hume, chapter 6, in The Abolitionists, Together with Personal Memories of the Struggle for Human Rights, 1830-1864, New York...
- […] we notice that the most gorgeous piece of Japanese saddlery is the crupper, which, even on a pack-horse, is painted crimson and gilded gloriously.1873 August, W. E. Griffis, “Inside Japan”, in Lippincott’s Magazine, volume 12, number 29, page 174:
- A heap of saddlery was thrown in a corner, and from this each man, as he captured his mount, made shift to draw proper equipment […]1904, Rudyard Kipling, “The Army of a Dream”, in Traffics and Discoveries, London: Macmillan, pages 272–273:
- He heard the creak of saddlery and the thud of a horse’s hoofs on the hard turf behind him.1911, Archibald Marshall, chapter 10, in The Eldest Son, New York: Dodd, Mead, published 1919:
Synonyms of saddlery
Forms of saddlery
| plural | saddleries |
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Origin of saddlery
From saddle + -ery.
Questions about saddlery
- What does saddlery mean?
- Saddlery means the trade or craft of a saddler.
- What is saddlery in Bengali?
- Saddlery in Bengali is জিন প্রস্তুতকারীর ব্যবসায়, প্রস্তুতকৃত দ্রব্য. See Saddlery meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use saddlery in a sentence?
- He traveled almost altogether afoot, observing the strictest economy and supporting himself by occasional jobs of saddlery and harness mending.
- What part of speech is saddlery?
- Saddlery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce saddlery?
- Saddlery is pronounced /ˈsædləɹi/.
- What is the plural of saddlery?
- The plural of saddlery is saddleries.
Words near saddlery in the dictionary
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