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Waler

[ wey-ler ]

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.


Waler

/ ˈɱɪə /

noun

  1. a saddle horse originating in New South Wales
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Waler1

1840–50; after New South Wales; -er 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Waler1

C19: from Wales, in New South Wales
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Example Sentences

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Producer Marian Bartsch will also attend the U.S. premiere of the documentary The Waler: Australia’s Great War Horse on July 23 at the museum.

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Jordan Walley smacked a pair of home runs for the Bears, who threw out the tying run at the plate to end the game on a relay from center fielder Jena Waler to shortstop Hayley Becktsrom to catcher Bre West.

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Waler, wā′lėr, n. in India, a horse imported from New South Wales, or from Australia generally.

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Wilkinson knows perfectly well that when the time comes he can draw away from the Arab, which, with all its speed and pluck, is no match for a fifteen-hand Waler.

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In the middle of the "Gridiron," the Waler makes a false step between two grass-crowned hummocks, and Sangster is left alone, with the boar, whilst Wilkinson, with a sore heart, crawls out of a water-cut, and, after many an ineffectual effort, succeeds in catching his horse and following the chase, now almost out of sight.

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