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saddlery

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈsædləɹi/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The trade or craft of a saddler.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1863, Rachel Henning, letter dated 27 January, 1863, in David Adams (ed.), The Letters of Rachel Henning, Penguin, 1969, p. 124, The whole station is engaged in saddlery just now. It is wonderful how soon people learn to do everything for themselves in the bush.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A place of business of a saddler.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1931, Ruth Russell, Lake Front, Chicago: Thomas S. Rockwell, Part 3, Chapter 2, p. 209, Occasional stores pressed close to the wooden walk, and you got the dry smell of hay-and-feed shops or leathery whiffs from saddleries [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: knacker

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The inventory and equipment of a saddler; saddles and other horse-riding equipment, or the materials for making them.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonym: tack

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tack

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

workshop where a saddler works

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: workshop, shop

5

noun

Meaning 5

gear for a horse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stable gear, tack

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gear, paraphernalia, appurtenance

Narrower terms: bit, caparison, trapping, housing, cinch, girth, hame, harness, headgear, martingale, saddle blanket, saddlecloth, horse blanket, yoke

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English saddle Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English saddlery From saddle + -ery.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: сарачество (saračestvo) — the trade or craft of a saddler
  • Danish: saddelmageri — the trade or craft of a saddler
  • Dutch: zadelmakerij — the trade or craft of a saddler
  • Russian: шо́рное де́ло (šórnoje délo) — the trade or craft of a saddler
  • Russian: шо́рничество (šórničestvo) — the trade or craft of a saddler
  • Bulgarian: сарачница (saračnica) — a place of business of a saddler
  • Danish: saddelmagerværksted — a place of business of a saddler
  • Danish: saddelmageri — a place of business of a saddler
  • Russian: шо́рная мастерска́я (šórnaja masterskája) — a place of business of a saddler
  • Russian: шо́рницкая (šórnickaja) — a place of business of a saddler
  • Russian: шо́рня (šórnja) — a place of business of a saddler
  • Bulgarian: сбруя (sbruja) — the inventory and equipment of a saddler
  • Māori: whakarawe hōiho — the inventory and equipment of a saddler
  • Russian: шо́рные изде́лия (šórnyje izdélija) — the inventory and equipment of a saddler