saddler

noun /ˈsadlə/

1. Someone who makes, repairs and sells saddles, harnesses etc.

   In making saddles to run and try in, the trees of them are occasionally leaded by the tree-maker or saddler, agreeably to the directions either may receive from his employer; and a four-pound saddle in this way is made to weigh seven pounds.

2. The harp seal.

Where it comes from

From Middle English sadeler, sadelere, equivalent to saddle + -er. Cognate with Old Norse sǫðlari (“saddler”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry saddler (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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