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horse (enc)

Horse

Noun1.horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
encolure - the mane of a horse
horseback - the back of a horse
horse's foot, horse's hoof - the hoof of a horse
Equus, genus Equus - type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae
equid, equine - hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
roan - horse having a roan coat
stable companion, stablemate - a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person
gee-gee - a word for horse used by children or in adult slang
dawn horse, eohippus - earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized 4-toed Eocene animal
mesohippus - North American 3-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses
protohippus - Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size
foal - a young horse
female horse, mare - female equine animal
mount, riding horse, saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding only
pony - a range horse of the western United States
polo pony - a small agile horse specially bred and trained for playing polo
wild horse - undomesticated or feral domestic horse
hack - a horse kept for hire
nag, jade, hack, plug - an old or over-worked horse
pony - any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder
bangtail, race horse, racehorse - a horse bred for racing
steeplechaser - a horse trained to run in steeplechases
stalking-horse - a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
harness horse - horse used for pulling vehicles
workhorse - a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor
post horse, poster - a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers
pacer - a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together
high stepper, stepper - a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting
chestnut - a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
liver chestnut - a solid dark brown horse
bay - a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
sorrel - a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
palomino - a horse of light tan or golden color with cream or white mane and tail
pinto - a spotted or calico horse or pony
withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
gaskin - lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle
poll - the part of the head between the ears
horseflesh, horsemeat - the flesh of horses as food
2.horse - a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
exerciser, gymnastic apparatus - sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises
pommel horse, side horse - a horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center; held upright by two steel supports, one at each end
buck, long horse, vaulting horse - a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
3.horse - troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
military personnel, soldiery, troops - soldiers collectively
cavalryman, trooper - a soldier in a motorized army unit
4.horse - a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
frame, framing, framework - a structure supporting or containing something
trestle - sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
5.horse - a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Verb1.horse - provide with a horse or horses
cater, ply, provide, supply - provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
remount - provide with fresh horses; "remount a regiment"

 

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