or ECURY, a grand stable or lodge for horses, furnished with all the conveniences thereof; as stalls, manger, rack, &c. The word is formed from the French ecureu, which signifies the same thing. Some again derive ecureu from the Latin securia, which not only denotes a place for beasts to be put up in, but also a grange or barn. But a more probable derivation is from equile "a stable for horses," of equus "horse." Some hold that the word stable, in propriety, relates only to bullocks, cows, sheep, hogs, &c. and equery, to horses, mules, &c.

A simple equery is that provided for one row of horses; a double equery that provided for two, with a passage in the middle, or two passages; the horses being placed head to head, as in the little equery at Versailles.

Under equery are sometimes also comprehended the lodgings and apartments of the equeries, grooms, pages, &c.

(ecuyer), is also an officer who has the care and management of the horses of a king or prince.

EQUERIES, or EQUERIES, popularly called Querries, are particularly used among us for officers of the king's stables, under the master of the horse, seven in number, who, when his majesty goes abroad, ride in the leading coach, are in waiting one at a time monthly, and have a table with the gentlemen-ushers during the time, and a salary of L. 300 a-year each. They used to ride on horseback by the coach-side when the king travelled; but that being more expensive to them than necessary to the sovereign, it has been discontinued.

EQUERIES of the Crown Stable have that appellation, as being employed in managing and breaking the saddle-horses, and preparing them for the king's riding. These are two in number; the first having an annual salary of L. 256, and the second L. 200, whereof one is, or always should be, in close waiting at court; and when his majesty rides, holds the stirrup, while the master of the horse, or one of the equeries in his absence, assists in mounting him; and when his majesty rides, they usually attend him.