stables

Equine housing complex

Stables is a building or complex where horses are housed, fed, and cared for.

The word often appears as a singular noun despite its plural form: The stables burned down last night.

A racing stable is a collection of horses under one trainer's management.

To stable a horse is to keep it in such a facility.

tack

saddle

Mounted rider's seat

  • bridleEquine control harness
  • bitSmall amount or portion
  • reinsBit-attached steering straps

halter · stirrups · girth · martingale · breastplate · noseband · crop · whip · blanket · boots

care

grooming

Self-care for appearance

watering · feeding · hay · oats · farrier · liniment · curry-comb · worming · shoeing · turnout

buildings

barn

Agricultural storage structure

  • stallEnclosed compartment or delay
  • loose-boxUntethered horse compartment
  • paddockSmall fenced animal enclosure

yard · courtyard · hayloft · arena · mews · cobblestones

equine

horses

Large domesticated hoofed mammals

colts · fillies · geldings · ponies · hooves · mane · gallop · trot · canter · whinny

rustic

barnwood

Salvaged aged farm lumber

quaint · heritage · vintage · traditional · wooden · idyllic · countryside · provincial · weathered · nostalgic

Categories
Opposites
enclosure vs. open space

stablespastures

Land for grazing animals

open range · fields · meadows · paddocks · grasslands

domestic vs. wild habitat

stableswilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

wild · the wild · natural habitat · forest · savanna

stability vs. instability

stableswobblier

More prone to teetering

shakier · volatiles · uncertainties · chaos · turbulence

Phrases
Family

stable, unstable, stabled, stabling, stableness, stablest, stableboy, stabler, stableboys

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