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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 ...
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.
"Yard" is the term most commonly used to cover the generic equestrian establishment, so we would have (for example) private yard, dressage yard, competition yard, livery yard, show-jumping yard, and so on. (In the UK, kids don't play in the yard, they play in the garden. And The Yard, capitalised, is slang for the Police centre at Scotland Yard.)
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]
C. W. Miller Livery Stable is a historic multi-story livery stable located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a six-story, rectangular masonry building 65 feet wide and 236 feet deep, built between 1892 and 1894. As horses were phased out and automobiles became more common, it was converted for use as a parking garage.
Early 19th Century Financial Concerns and Livery Involvement In the early 19th century, members of the Livery became increasingly concerned with financial mismanagement within their Company. A notable issue was the discovery that the Company was indebted to its Clerk by £1,000, [ 11 ] a significant sum at the time, which effectively ...