waler
UK/ˈweɪlə/
waler noun: a breed of light saddle horse from Australia, once favoured as a warhorse.
Noun (1)
waler (plural walers)
- A breed of light saddle horse from Australia, once favoured as a warhorse.
- Without reason, against prudence, and at a moment's notice, he fell in love with a frivolous, golden-haired girl who used to tear about Simla Mall on a high, rough waler, with a blue velvet jockey-cap crammed over her eyes.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Wressley of the Foreign Office”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2004, page 204
- There were Arabs of high degree, thoroughbred English horses, and very good-looking Walers among them, besides some tiny ponies, four of which, when harnessed together, drew a real Cinderella coach of solid silver.1889, Annie Brassey, The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the ‘Sunbeam’, published 2010, page 46
Noun (2)
waler (plural walers)
- A plank of wood, block of concrete, etc., used for support or to maintain required separation between components in order to help maintain the form of a construction under stress.
- Another consideration is when walers are placed between the piles (Figure 27) and to what extent the pile could deform before the load of the berthing vessel would be shared by the adjacent walers.1998, Richard Lampo, Thomas Nosker, Doug Barno, John Busel, Ali Maher, Piyush Dutta, Robert Odello, Construction Productivity Advancement Research (CPAR) Program: Development and Demonstration of...
- Backing for the plywood is provided by 2” × 12” wooden planks (walers in forming technology) spaced approximately 15 inches apart in the vertical direction and running the full length of the wall section. The form ties are ¾-inch pipe clamps, spaced 6 to 10 feet apart in the horizontal direction....2007, David Easton, The Rammed Earth House, page 121
Noun (3) capitalized: Waler
Waler (plural Walers)
- Alternative form of waler (“breed of horse”).
Examples of waler in a sentence
- Between 1834 and 1937, more than 300,000 Walers were sent to India.2013, Peter Macinnis, The Big Book of Australian History, page 134:
- In the typical concrete forms, walers are 2×4's and form ties are spaced at 2-foot intervals.2007, David Easton, The Rammed Earth House, page 121:
- An optional cast-in-place concrete waler is shown at each anchor row location.2009, Howard A. Perko, Helical Piles: A Practical Guide to Design and Installation, page 374:
Forms of waler
| plural | walers |
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| plural | Walers |
Origin of waler
From (New South) Wale(s) + -er, the horse having been bred in the then colony of New South Wales in the 19th century.
From wale + -er.
Words that rhyme with waler
Questions about waler
- What does waler mean?
- Waler means a breed of light saddle horse from Australia, once favoured as a warhorse.
- How do you use waler in a sentence?
- Between 1834 and 1937, more than 300,000 Walers were sent to India.
- What part of speech is waler?
- Waler is a noun.
- How do you pronounce waler?
- Waler is pronounced /ˈweɪlə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of waler?
- The plural of waler is walers.
Words near waler in the dictionary
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