tack room

noun

A room used for storing horse tack and related accessories, usually situated near or in a stable.

Meanings

nountack room (plural tack rooms)

plural tack rooms · alternative tackroom · alternative tack-room

  1. A room used for storing horse tack and related accessories, usually situated near or in a stable.

    “First you've got to sit up and go into the tackroom, because you are soaking wet. And shivering.” […] The tackroom was cold, so Sam turned on the kerosene heater and found a wool cooler and wrapped her in it.

    2001, Jane Smiley, Horse Heaven, New York, NY: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 61
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