livery stable


noun
  1. a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.

Origin of livery stable

1
First recorded in 1695–1705

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How to use livery stable in a sentence

  • For thirty bucks, you could have had a whole livery stable.

  • She hired a rig of a livery-stable keeper, who said he could not possibly take her beyond the Indian agency.

    Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman
  • She found a livery-stable, and asked the proprietor, lounging in the entrance, if he could send her to the foot of her bluff.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • I get up befure daylight an' thramp over to th' Timple iv Freedom, which is also th' office iv a livery stable.

    Mr. Dooley Says | Finley Dunne
  • So had the neat, single brougham, hired from a livery-stable.

    Mary Gray | Katharine Tynan
  • On his way to the livery stable after his horse, Wade did some rapid thinking.

    Hidden Gold | Wilder Anthony

British Dictionary definitions for livery stable

livery stable

noun
  1. a stable where horses are accommodated and from which they may be hired out

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