jan 1, 1444 - ambler
Description:
A horse that ‘ambles’, that is has a smooth gait. It is the source of the surname Ambler but as a noun it is quite rare: 1402 <i>do et lego eidem Johanni unum equum, videlicet meum optimum ambler</i>, Healaugh (SS4/297); 1444 <i>ij of my best ambulers</i> (SS30/112). In <i>c.</i>1386 Chaucer had: <i>Vp on an ambler esily she sat </i>(OED).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1444
Now
~ 581 years ago