stable hand
Horse care employee
A stable hand is a person employed to care for horses in a stable—feeding, grooming, mucking out stalls, and general maintenance.
The work is physical and often low-paid: She started as a stable hand before becoming a trainer.
Also called a groom or stableman.
- groomBetrothed man; stable worker
- stableboyYouth who tends horses
- barnAgricultural storage structure
- tack roomEquestrian gear storage
- hayDried feed crop
hay bales · pitchfork · muck · muck out · curry · hooves · saddle · bridle · tack · stalls · manure · feed · feed bucket · oats · grooming · horse · paddock · reins
- caretakerscaretaker, caretakers, caregiver, guardian, minder
- castle staffchamberlain, chambermaid, butler, guard, handmaiden
- farm workersfarmer, farmworker, farm laborer, farmhand, harvester
- laborerslaborers, day laborer, day labourer, day laborers, manual worker
- old occupationsblacksmith, carpenter, miller, farmer, shepherd
- rural jobsfarmer, rancher, shepherd, farmhand, cowherd
stable handstable owner
One who runs a horse facility
horse owner · stable master · equestrian · riding instructor · head groom
stable handrider
One who mounts transport
horseback rider · horse owner · horseman · horsewoman · equestrian
stable, hand, stables, stabled, stabling, stability, stabilize, stabilization, unstable