Definition of "saddlery" in English

noun

1. (uncountable) The trade or craft of a saddler.

   • 1863, Rachel Henning, letter dated 27 January, 1863, in David Adams (ed.), The Letters of Rachel Henning, Penguin, 1969, p. 124, The whole station is engaged in saddlery just now. It is wonderful how soon people learn to do everything for themselves in the bush.

2. A place of business of a saddler.

   • 1931, Ruth Russell, Lake Front, Chicago: Thomas S. Rockwell, Part 3, Chapter 2, p. 209, Occasional stores pressed close to the wooden walk, and you got the dry smell of hay-and-feed shops or leathery whiffs from saddleries […]

3. (uncountable) The inventory and equipment of a saddler; saddles and other horse-riding equipment, or the materials for making them.

   • Near-synonym: tack