saddler
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See also: Saddler
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English sadeler, sadelere, equivalent to saddle + -er. Cognate with Old Norse sǫðlari (“saddler”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsadlə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsædlɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]saddler (plural saddlers)
- Someone who makes, repairs and sells saddles, harnesses etc.
- 1828, Richard Darvill (V.S. 7th Hussars.), A Treatise on the Care, Treatment and Training of the English Racehorse, page 219:
- In making saddles to run and try in, the trees of them are occasionally leaded by the tree-maker or saddler, agreeably to the directions either may receive from his employer; and a four-pound saddle in this way is made to weigh seven pounds.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 3, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by hundreds.
- The harp seal.
Synonyms
[edit]- (maker of saddles): saddlemaker
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]someone who makes and repairs saddles
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