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; -er ¹

Example Sentences

Producer Marian Bartsch will also attend the U.S. premiere of the documentary The Waler: Australia’s Great War Horse on July 23 at the museum.

From Washington Times

Jordan Walley smacked a pair of home runs for the Bears, who threw out the tying run at the plate to end the game on a relay from center fielder Jena Waler to shortstop Hayley Becktsrom to catcher Bre West.

From Seattle Times

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

From Project Gutenberg

In the middle of the "Gridiron," the Waler makes a false step between two grass-crowned hummocks, and Sangster is left alone, with the boar, whilst Wilkinson, with a sore heart, crawls out of a water-cut, and, after many an ineffectual effort, succeeds in catching his horse and following the chase, now almost out of sight.

From Project Gutenberg

All of which Cynthia had not been slow to take in; and Captain Beecher, who was always on hand with his dogcart, or a very sleek and serviceable Waler—of which she was secretly afraid—if she preferred riding, was very devoted, and substantially sound, and Cynthia was verging on thirty.

From Project Gutenberg