SADDLERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does saddlery mean? 

• SADDLERY (noun)
  The noun SADDLERY has 2 senses:

1. gear for a horse

2. workshop where a saddler works

  Familiarity information: SADDLERY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SADDLERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gear for a horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

saddlery; stable gear; tack

Hypernyms ("saddlery" is a kind of...):

appurtenance; gear; paraphernalia (equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saddlery"):

bit (piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding)

caparison; housing; trapping (stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse)

cinch; girth (stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place)

hame (stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces)

harness (stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart)

headgear (stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head)

martingale (a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head)

horse blanket; saddle blanket; saddlecloth (stable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle)

yoke (stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team)

Derivation:

saddle (put a saddle on)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Workshop where a saddler works

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("saddlery" is a kind of...):

shop; workshop (small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done)