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ambler|ˈæmblə(r)|
Also 4–5 amblere, aumbelere, 5 ambuler.
[f. amble v. + -er1.]
One that ambles; hence,
1. An ambling horse or mule.
c1386Chaucer Prol. 469 Vp on an amblere [v.r. aumbelere] esily sche sat. c1449Pecock Repr. v. viii. 525 A man holdith vp with the bridil the heed of his ambuler. 1464Mann. & Househ. Exp. 184, Ij. hawmbelerres koltes in Wensche parke. 1470–85Malory Arthur ii. xxviii. (1817) II. 47 He mounted vpon a softe ambuler and rode to Kynge Marke. 1591Percivall Span. Dict., Amblador, an ambler, Gradarius equus. 1630Howell Lett. 5 June, An ambler is proper for a lady's saddle, but not for a coach. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Horse, The Ambler is a little unapt to it [galloping], because the motions are both one.
2. One who rides an ambling horse.
1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1756) I. xix. 164 The Ambler had rid the Horse into the cold Water.
3. One who ‘ambles’ in dancing or walking.
1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. xi, The ambler took Miss Podsnap for a furniture walk. Ibid., Georgiana having left the ambler up a lane of sofa. |