0 in the past, someone who took care of people's horses when they stopped at an inn (= a place where you can stay for a night while on a journey):
An ostler took the cavalryman's horse.
It was overheard by the ostler who confided it to other customers.
For the sake of argument, the ostlers who ran the coaches were not to blame because their form of transport became unfashionable.
The condition of the horses was good at all except one mine, with 11 horses, where there was cause for serious complaint regarding the food and the ostler's work.
He keeps horses, and also an ostler.
He says that for shipping operators to claim to be air operators is like an ostler claiming to be a qualified motor mechanic, or a barber a qualified surgeon.
But the ostler in charge of horses has to be there seven days a week, early in the morning and late at night, to feed and water them.
These buildings included stables, livery and ostlers rooms and later a cottage.
The present building was built in the early 17th century as the residence of the coaching inn's ostler.
