Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mountings for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A person who makes the
bits and othermetal parts of ahorse 'sbridle , and other small metal pieces
Etymologies
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Examples
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Lorimer can be contacted at lorimer. wilson@live.com.
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bsnyc, yesterday i saw a bike spill at the corner of lorimer and metropolitan, the hard slap to the ground that the rider made sent shiver through my body. drive safely, i am sticking to the much maligned L.
On This Inaugural Day: Wheeling and Dealing BikeSnobNYC 2009
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this was my bike, it was stolen lorimer & metropolitan
Pedal Stroke of Genius: Nonplussed 2.0 BikeSnobNYC 2009
sionnach commented on the word lorimer
saddlemaker
May 11, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word lorimer
"We might be forgiven for envisaging Birmingham already as mainly a town of metal trades. The smiths, lorimers, and nailers probably made more noise and show, but wills and tax-assessments tell us that the wealthiest townsmen were still tanners and butchers, as in many other Midland towns."
W. G. Hoskins (1956). English Provincial Towns in the Early Sixteenth Century. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (Fifth Series), 6 , pp 1-19
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The OED online (definition from the second edition, 1989) says it is "A maker of bits and metal mountings for horses' bridles; also, a spurrier, and (generally) a maker of small iron ware and a worker in wrought-iron. "
June 29, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word lorimer
Also see loremer.
January 26, 2023
vendingmachine commented on the word lorimer
The Dragon court was in a perpetual commotion with knights, squires, and grooms, coming in with orders for new armor, or for old to be furbished, and the tent-makers, lorimers, mercers, and tailors had their hands equally full.
March 24, 2023