chaser

1. (equestrianism) A horse trained for steeplechasing; a steeplechaser.Examples: ""[I]t looked like The Fellow was the best steeplechaser in many years. He'd earned the best speed rating I'd ever given a chaser.""; ""Wild Risk...had his greatest successes as a steeplechaser rather than a flat racer... It is rare indeed that a 'chaser - even one as good as wild risk - makes a good flat sire.""; "Oh, that final furlong! It can be both agony and ecstasy. Anyone who doubts that should have seen the television close-up of Jim Lewis as his great chaser Best Mate came up the final hill at Cheltenham in 2004 to clich a hat-trick of Gold Cups. ... Best mate is the best steeplechaser we have seen for years and all being well will be at the Cheltenham Festival again in 2005 to try and make it four Gold Cups."

2. (equestrianism, obsolete) A hunter (a horse bred and trained for use in hunting).obsolete

3. (slang) A drink consumed after another of a different kind.Examples: "beer chaser"; "straight, no chaser"; "Cowboys in high-heeled boots teeter along its sidewalks, or push the swinging doors aside for a shot or two—straight, no chaser."slang

4. (timber industry, obsolete) Someone who follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouledExamples: "...on one end known as a Bardon choker hook, to facilitate making a loop. It stays tight and makes it unnecessary for the "chaser" or "choker setter" to follow the "turn" to the landing as might have to be done if tongs are used"; ""A chaser follows the logs to the landing, often riding in a rigging sled hollowed out of a log, which is attached to the rear log. The chaser can signal to the road engineer at any point...""; ""and the chaser is the fellow whose job it is to follow along after these logs to...""Synonyms: froggerobsolete

5. (timber industry) One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.Examples: ""The rigging slinger hooks the chokers to the main line, the chaser unhooks them at the spar tree.""; "A chaser was the man who unhooked the logs that were yarded in to the spar tree."; ""When the turn arrives at the landing, the chaser directs the engineer where to drop the turn by hand signals. The chaser then unhooks the chokers, gets in the clear, and singlas to reel in the haulback line"."

6. (slang, obsolete) A piece of music played after a performance while the audience leaves.Examples: "After the final curtain the orchestra played a "chaser" which was music played while the audience members not remaining for the after-show concert left the theatre."; "Films had become a regular feature of the typical vaudeville program, ending most programs and occasionally serving as a “chaser” that encouraged audiences to leave the continuous programs rather than retain their seats to watch them a second time."obsoleteslang