Hostler
A hostler or ostler /ˈɒstlər/ in the horse industry is a groom or stableman, who is employed in a stable to take care of horses. In the United States railroad industry, a hostler is an employee whose job is to move locomotives from one track to another within a rail yard or locomotive repair shop. In the trucking industry, a hostler is someone who moves trailers from one position in the yard to another position.
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Famous quotes containing the word hostler:
“The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveler to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)
“At a tavern hereabouts the hostler greeted our horse as an old acquaintance, though he did not remember the driver.... Every man to his trade. I am not acquainted with a single horse in the world, not even the one that kicked me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)