livery stable

American  

noun

1. a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.

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livery stable British  

noun

1. a stable where horses are accommodated and from which they may be hired out

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Etymology

Origin of livery stable

First recorded in 1695–1705

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Example Sentences

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livery stable

Historical markings along Caliente-Bodfish Road indicate buildings that once existed: barbershop, a blacksmith, the Grand Inn and a livery stable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024

Rhoden lived on Cranberry Street, in a converted livery stable, built in 1899, which she and her sculptor husband, John, bought in 1960.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 31, 2018

It had been home to a blacksmith who operated a livery stable there.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2016

Their daughter, Dollie Morgan Sylvester, married an enterprising young man named Reuben Kiger, who owned a local livery stable.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 12, 2015

He has worked hard all his life, on the family farm, on the railroad, in the livery stable, and on the Chilean stagecoaches.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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