Anglo-Indian. [f. Wale-s (for New South Wales) + -ER1.] A horse imported from Australia, esp. from New South Wales.
1849. New South Wales, vii. 65. The colonial-bred horses or Walers, as they are called in India.
1888. Kipling, Plain T., Rout of White Hussars, 197. He [the Drum-Horse] is nearly always a big pie-bald Waler.
attrib. 1873. Madras Mail, 25 June (Yule). For sale, a brown Waler gelding.
1888. Kipling, Plain T., Rout of White Hussars, 199. Yale had a big, old, white Waler trap-horse.
