waler

Definition

A breed of light saddle horse from Australia, once favoured as a warhorse.

Etymology

From (New South) Wale(s) + -er, the horse having been bred in the then colony of New South Wales in the 19th century.

Example Sentences

• "Without reason, against prudence, and at a moment's notice, he fell in love with a frivolous, golden-haired girl who used to tear about Simla Mall on a high, rough waler, with a blue velvet jockey-cap crammed over her eyes."
• "There were Arabs of high degree, thoroughbred English horses, and very good-looking Walers among them, besides some tiny ponies, four of which, when harnessed together, drew a real Cinderella coach of solid silver."
• "2007, "Waler", entry in Bonnie L. Hendricks, International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds, page 434, Some maintain that the Waler is extinct, its blood living on only in the modern Australian Stock Horse and some of the feral brumbies that roam the outback."