ostler
Inn's horse caretaker
An ostler is a person who takes care of horses at an inn or stable, feeding and grooming them and managing the stabling.
The word is old-fashioned, belonging to an era when travelers arrived on horseback or by horse-drawn carriage: The ostler led the horses to water.
Also spelled hostler.
Betrothed man; stable worker
- equineOf the horse family
- farrierOne who shoes horses
- tackSharp-headed fastener
- saddleMounted rider's seat
bridle · hoof · mane · grooming · curry-comb · stallion · mare · foal
Enclosed compartment or delay
- hayDried feed crop
- strawTube for sipping
- mangerLivestock feeding container
- barnAgricultural storage structure
paddock · feedbag · halter · pitchfork · manure · shavings · trough · yard
Public drinking establishment
- waysideEdge of a road
- lodgingTemporary place to stay
- travelerOne who journeys
- waystationIntermediate stopping point
courtyard · post-house · turnpike · stagecoach · carriage · coachman · postilion · relay
One who assists others
- caretakerOne who maintains property
- stableboyYouth who tends horses
- servantOne employed to serve
- liveryIdentifying uniform or colors
feeding · watering · rubdown · harnessing · unharnessing · saddling · unsaddling · tending
groom
Betrothed man; stable worker
saddle · bridle · hoof · mane · grooming · curry-comb · stallion · mare · foal · colt
stall
Enclosed compartment or delay
barn · paddock · feedbag · halter · pitchfork · manure · shavings · trough · yard · loft
tavern
Public drinking establishment
waystation · courtyard · post-house · turnpike · stagecoach · carriage · coachman · postilion · relay · journey
attendant
One who assists others
livery · feeding · watering · rubdown · harnessing · unharnessing · saddling · unsaddling · tending · caring
- Old Jobsblacksmith, farrier, wheelwright, chandler, apothecary
- old occupationsblacksmith, carpenter, miller, farmer, shepherd
- coaching innsstagecoach, stable, courtyard, innkeeper, lodging
- horse workersgroom, stable hand, stable boy, stable girl, farrier
- Old British Jobsblacksmith, cobbler, miller, thatcher, cooper
- stablestall, stalls, horse stalls, tack room, hayloft
ostlercoachman
Horse-drawn carriage operator
driver · postilion · teamster · charioteer · jockey
ostlertraveler
One who journeys
horse owner · guest · patron · stable owner · innkeeper