Waler

American  

[way-ler] / ˈweɪ lər /

noun

1. a horse bred in New South Wales, Australia, as a military saddle horse and exported in numbers during the 19th century to British India.

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Waler British  

/ ˈweɪlə /

noun

1. a saddle horse originating in New South Wales

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Etymology

Origin of Waler

1840–50; after New South Wales; see -er ¹

Example Sentences

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Waler

Thick corduroy breeches and gaiters swaddle his shapeless legs, and he rides a coarse-bred Waler mare.

From Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series by George Robert Aberigh-Mackay

Half a minute brought us within fifty yards of the 'rickshaw, I pulled my Waler and fell back a little.

From Indian Tales by Rudyard Kipling

Waler, wā′lėr, n. in India, a horse imported from New South Wales, or from Australia generally.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

There was a sound of horse's hoofs at the gate, and in a moment Everard Monck came into view, riding his tall Waler which was smothered with dust and foam.

From The Lamp in the Desert by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

What Mrs. Strickland wants to know is, 'How did my husband bring such a lovely, lovely Waler from your station?

From Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages by Rudyard Kipling