Waler

American  

[way-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

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 George Robert Aberigh-Mackay

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

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

The two officers rose, as their syces, or native grooms, came up before the bungalow leading two ponies, a Waler and an Arab.

From The Jungle Girl by Gordon Casserly

"Black Waler Mare, 15-1, six years off, up to 14 stones, easy paces, regularly ridden by a lady touched in wind."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 by Various