Saddlery or Tack

[MrsMozartletoe]

Sat contemplating life, and wondering why I'm not in bed yet, when I started thinking of Saddlery. It's a weird word. What exactly does it mean? When does one use the word 'saddlery' and when does one use the word 'tack'?

What is saddlery? What is tack?

Maybe I should go to bed lol

 

[LadyRascasse]

definition of saddlery

1. Equipment, such as saddles and harnesses, for horses.
2. A shop that sells tack.
3. The craft or business of one that makes or sells tack.

definition of tack

Tack is a term used to describe any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals. Saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits, harnesses, martingales, and breastplates are all forms of horse tack.

 

[Montyforever]

I think you should go to bed, you've got me all confuzled now!

 

[MrsMozartletoe]

Thank you GLP - I can now sleep easy

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Have a hot choccy by way of thanks, and there's some chocolate fingers round here somewhere

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[amc]

I think that saddlery refers to leather objects such as saddles & bridles and tack refers to all sorts of horse equipment including head collars, lead ropes, etc. but might be totally wrong...... I too am contemplating life but wondering why I chose to marry a "Horse Hating" Marine Engineer instead of the farmer I could of 30 odd years ago

To slow as usual and Gwen has made a much better description than me.....

 

[MrsMozartletoe]

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I think that saddlery refers to leather objects such as saddles & bridles and tack refers to all sorts of horse equipment including head collars, lead ropes, etc. but might be totally wrong...... I too am contemplating life but wondering why I chose to marry a "Horse Hating" Marine Engineer instead of the farmer I could of 30 odd years ago

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Ah. Hm.
Good luck on that one hun.
Hugs.

 

[Donkeymad]

Best go to bed hun, honest. Goodnight, sleep tight

 

[ofcourseyoucan]

oh you got toomuch time on your hands! clean some cupboards out or something similar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nite

 

[lucy1984]

MrsM you make me laugh!

 

[Chunkie]

Tack comes from the word tackle.

As a noun it means equipment, gear, kit etc., and the verb - to tackle - means to put on harness or to make something secure by using tackle.

Whereas we now say "tacking up" our predecessors would have said "tackling" - I do know some (quite elderley) people who still call it tackle, and not tack.

 

[Nailed]

MrsM you shoul dhave gone to bed....

Lou x

 

[Ranyhyn]

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MrsM you shoul dhave gone to bed....

Lou x

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lol

 

[MrsMozartletoe]

Hm.

See, I give you a nice little brain testing thingymabob, and what do you do? Send me to bed, that's what!

Thank you for the sensible answers. I feel so much better now