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A livery yard, livery stable or boarding stable, is a stable where horse owners pay a weekly or monthly fee to keep their horses. A livery or boarding yard is not usually a riding school and the horses are not normally for hire (unless on working livery - see below).
Based on their use, they may be known as a barn, stables, or riding hall and may include commercial operations described by terms such as a boarding stable, livery yard, or livery stable. Larger facilities may be called equestrian centers and co-located with complementary services such as a riding school, farriers , vets , tack shops , or ...
Livery may also refer to: Livery yard, a stable in which horse owners pay to keep their horses; Aircraft livery, a set of insignia which operators apply to their aircraft; Boat livery, a boathouse or dock where boats are let out for hire; Canoe livery, a boat livery specializing in canoes or kayaks; Taxicab livery, a set of insignia applied to ...
The modern military equivalent for "livery" is the term "standard issue", which is used when referring to the colors and regulations required in respect of any military clothing or equipment. Early uniforms were however regarded as a form of livery ("the King's coat") during the late 17th and early 18th centuries in the European monarchies. [20]
A livery stable kept horses and usually carriages for hire. A range of stables, usually with carriage houses (remises) and living quarters built around a yard, court or street, is called a mews. A kind of dynamometer called a peirameter indicates the power necessary to haul a carriage over a road or track. Examples of carriages
A livery cab (North America), private hire (UK and Australasia), or minicab (London) is a car with a driver available for hire only on a pre-booked basis. These cabs are contrasted with public-hire taxicabs or hackney carriages , hailed or street taxis, licensed to ply streets and for hailing throughout communities.
The word is spelled "hostler" in American English, but "ostler" in British English.It traces to c. 1386, meaning "one who tends to horses at an inn"—and also, occasionally, "innkeeper"—is derived from Anglo-French hostiler (modern French hostelier), itself from Medieval Latin hostilarius "the monk who entertains guests at a monastery", from hospitale "inn" (compare hospital, hospitaller ...
Frank Pullen formally retired in 1988 and he died, aged 76, at his livery yard in Orpington, Kent, and is buried at London Road Cemetery, Bromley. [19]