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

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Waler

My mount was a wall-eyed lanky brute of a Waler, with the action of a camel.

From The Keeper of the Door by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

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

The Waler had gained his victory by a neck.

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

The bar-tender, hoisting his eyebrows to his scollops of gummed hair, winked at the New South Waler with infinite meaning, and pointed to a cut-glass carafe that stood on the shining nickel-plated counter.

From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan

Almost at the foot of the inhospitable hills Wee Willie Winkie saw the Waler blunder and come down heavily.

From Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II by Rudyard Kipling