saddlery
Americannoun
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saddles, harnesses, and other equipment for horses.
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the work, business, or shop of a saddler.
noun
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saddles, harness, and other leather equipment for horses collectively
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the business, work, or place of work of a saddler
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of saddlery
First recorded in 1400–50, saddlery is from the late Middle English word sadelerie. See saddler, -y 3
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"Ultimately, technology emerging from Mongolia has, through a domino effect, ended up shaping the horse culture that we have in America today, especially our traditions of saddlery and stirrups," Taylor said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2023
Season after season, she makes clothes suitable for the clientele of a brand that started in 1837 as a saddlery and remains a purveyor of goods for a traditional carriage trade.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
In a nod to the house’s tradition as a saddlery maker, tops and jackets were embellished with discrete leather buckles and studs, while yellow jackets in leather brightened the muted palette of neutral colors.
From Reuters ● Oct. 2, 2021
Alam’s tannery, Kings International, makes high-end saddlery for export; situated in Unnao, a small town a dozen miles from Kanpur, it is surrounded by manicured gardens and walls draped with bougainvillea.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 18, 2016
In this amiable temper he passed the famous saddlery shop.
From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
The 1914 beaux arts sandstone edifice, surrounded by coffee shops, saddleries and movie theaters that have survived the town's trend toward franchised sprawl, is a kind of communal hitching post.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Pittsburg and the counties of Westmoreland and Alleghany, there are 26 saddleries; and 41 tanneries, 64 brick yards, and 11 potteries.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason
To right and left are English farrieries, English saddleries, and English bars and taverns too.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 by Various
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