A livery yard, livery stable or boarding stable, is a stable where horse owners pay a weekly or monthly fee to keep their horses. A livery or boarding yard is not usually a riding school and the horses are not normally for hire.

What is the difference between a livery and a stable?

is that stable is a building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses while livery is any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.

How did a livery stable work?

A livery stable was a place where pioneers could hire horses, teams, buggies, and wagons. The stable was often attached to a hotel or boarding house. Unlike modern-day rental cars, transports had to be returned to the place where you rented it. If you didn't, a warrant was sworn out for your arrest.