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Waler
[ wey-ler ]
noun
- 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
- a saddle horse originating in New South Wales
Word History and Origins
Origin of Waler1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Waler, wā′lėr, n. in India, a horse imported from New South Wales, or from Australia generally.
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.
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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