hostler
Inn's stable worker
A hostler is someone who takes care of horses, especially at an inn or stable where travelers stop.
The word dates from when inns provided lodging for horses alongside their riders.
In American railroad usage, a hostler moves locomotives around a yard or services them between runs—the same idea of tending vehicles at rest.
Also spelled ostler.
Barn employee tending horses
- groomBetrothed man; stable worker
- farrierOne who shoes horses
- equerryRoyal household's horse attendant
- stallEnclosed compartment or delay
manger · tack · bridle · saddle · harness · halter · currycomb · mucking
Train staging facility
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- engineMachine producing motion
- tenderSoft or sore
turntable · serviceman · steam · diesel · maintenance · fueling · switching · yardmaster
Lodging for wayfarers
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
- posthouseMail relay station
- caravanseraiTraveler's courtyard lodge
coaching · relay · courier · wayfarer · postilion · innkeeper · alehouse · changeover
stablehand
Barn employee tending horses
- groomBetrothed man; stable worker
- farrierOne who shoes horses
- equerryRoyal household's horse attendant
stall · manger · tack · bridle · saddle · harness · halter · currycomb · mucking · feedbag
railyard
Train staging facility
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- engineMachine producing motion
tender · turntable · serviceman · steam · diesel · maintenance · fueling · switching · yardmaster · terminal
inn
Lodging for wayfarers
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
- posthouseMail relay station
caravanserai · coaching · relay · courier · wayfarer · postilion · innkeeper · alehouse · changeover · turnpike
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Old Jobsblacksmith, farrier, wheelwright, chandler, apothecary
- transit workersbus driver, subway operator, train conductor, train driver, train operator
- rail workerslocomotive engineer, train conductor, rail conductor, engine driver, train engineer
- railroad workerstrain conductor, railroad engineer, switchman, brakeman, conductor
- barn workersfarmer, farmhand, stable hand, groom, stable boy