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saddler|ˈsædlə(r)|
Forms: 4–5 sadelere, 5 sadel(l)er, 5–8 sadler, (5 sedler, sadlare), 5 sadyllar, -yl(l)er, 5–6 Sc. sadillar, 6 sadiller, Sc. saiddlair, saidlar, 7– saddler.
[f. saddle n. + -er1. Cf. MLG. sadeler, sedeler, MDu. sadelare, saellaer, OHG. satilari (MHG. sateler, mod.G. sattler).]
1. One who makes or deals in saddles or saddlery.
1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 42 Yese ordenaunce of fraternyte of Sadeleres and Sporyeres. c1400Destr. Troy 1585 Sadlers, souters, Semsteris fyn. c1500Melusine 43 Raymondyn sent for a Sadlemaker, to whom he said: ‘..ye muste cutte this hyde in fourme of a thonge.’.. The Sedler dide cutte it. c1515Cocke Lorell's B. 5 Here is saunder sadeler of froge strete corner. 1590Shakes. Com. Err. i. ii. 56 Oh sixe pence that I had..To pay the Sadler for my Mistris crupper. 1651Hobbes Leviath. iii. xlii. 315 One Power may be subordinate to another, as the art of a Sadler, to the art of a Rider. a1745Swift Direct. Servants, Groom, Come home by the Street Door with the same Bridle..dangling in your Hand, as if you came from the Sadler's. 1832Lytton Eugene Aram ii. vi. 98 ‘How long have you had this whip?’ said Walter to the saddler. 1887Bury & Hillier Cycling (Badm. Libr.) 166 Some of the cycling saddlers do not see that their iron-workers cut the threads far enough up the screw. 1904Daily Chron. 7 Oct. 9/7 Sit[uation] wanted by first-class brown saddler.
2. Mil. An official who has charge of the saddlery in a cavalry regiment. Also saddler corporal, saddler sergeant.
1865H. M. Hozier Equipm. Cavalry 30 Organisation..of the Household Cavalry... Composition of a Regiment of Life Guards or Horse Guards... Non-commissioned Officers and Privates... Armourer Corporal, Saddler Corporal [etc.]. Ibid. 51 Cavalry of the Line... Composition of a Regiment of Cavalry... Second Class Staff Serjeants:—Armourer-serjeant, Saddler-serjeant [etc.]. Ibid. 152 Promotion to the superior grade of saddler-serjeant will be open to saddlers.
3. A saddle-horse. colloq. U.S.
1888Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 16 June 1/1 Another auction sale of choice family horses (including matched pairs and saddlers). 1893Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch Apr. 9 A thoroughbred filly, which..bids fair to make a fine saddler.
4. The Saddleback Seal: see saddleback 4 c.
1873M. Carroll Seal & Herring Fish. Newfoundl. in Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. (1884) 62 The reason why they are called Harp Seals, or ‘Saddlers’, is, [etc.].
5. attrib.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. x. 49 Whanne that a point or a treuthe..of sadeler craft is affermed. 1483Cath. Angl. 315 A Sadyller schoppe, sellarium. 1567Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 584 Ane craftisman of the saidlar craft. |