Waler

American  

[wey-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

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 Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert

Through her glasses she sought the big black Waler.

From Rosa Mundi and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

When Lord Victor and Captain Swinton had finished their breakfast a huge barouche of archaic structure, drawn by a pair of gaunt Waler horses, arrived to take them to the maharajah.

From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.

We have been out since early morning on the jumpiest and beaniest of Waler mares.

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

The Waler School had many backers; and there were even a few cranks who suggested for the place of honour a curly-eared Kathiawar horse.

From Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs by Ollivant, Alfred