What Does Ostler Mean?

A hostler or ostler is a groom or stableman, who is employed in a stable to take care of horses, usually at an inn. In the twentieth century the word came to be used in railroad industry for a type of train driver.

Where does the word Ostler come from?

English: occupational name for an innkeeper, from Middle English (h)osteler (Old French (h)ostelier, an agent derivative of hostel, meaning a sizeable house in which guests could be lodged in separate rooms, derived from Late Latin hospitalis, from the genitive case of hospes 'guest').

What means Mouldy?

Something that is mouldy is covered with mould. ... mouldy bread. Oranges can be kept for a long time without going mouldy. Synonyms: stale, spoiled, rotting, decaying More Synonyms of mouldy.