saddler

noun — 4 senses

saddler

nounalso spelled Saddler

UK /ˈsadlə/ · US /ˈsædlɚ/

Etymology From Middle English sadeler, sadelere, equivalent to saddle + -er. Cognate with Old Norse sǫðlari (“saddler”).

1

Someone who makes, repairs and sells saddles, harnesses etc.

  • In making saddles to run and try in, the trees of them are occasionally leaded by the tree-maker or saddler, agreeably to the directions either may receive from his employer; and a four-pound saddle in this way is made to weigh seven pounds.1828, Richard Darvill (V.S. 7th Hussars.), A Treatise on the Care, Treatment and Training of the English Racehorse, page 219:
  • saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by hundreds.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
2

The harp seal.

Synonyms
saddlemaker
Derived terms
saddler-corporal, saddler sergeant, saddlery

Saddler

noun
1

Someone from Walsall

2

Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Soccer, Sports someone connected with Walsall Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

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