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horse

UK/hɔːs/ US/hoːs/ very common informal slang us
noun (5) verb (1)

noun

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troops trained to fight on horseback

  • “500 horse led the attack”
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4.

a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

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5.

a chessman in the shape of a horse''s head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

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verb

1.

provide with a horse or horses

Origin

From Middle English hors, horse, ors, from Old English hors (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hors, *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

Phrases

  • a camel is a horse designed by a committee Terms derived from horse (noun)
  • a camel is a horse made by a committee Terms derived from horse (noun)
  • a camel is a horse made by committee Terms derived from horse (noun)
  • a horse apiece Terms derived from horse (noun)
  • a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse Terms derived from horse (noun)
  • African horse sickness Terms derived from horse (noun)
  • Also Horse harness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • and the horse you rode in on Terms derived from horse (noun)
  • Arab horse Terms derived from horse (noun)
  • bit shank
  • curb bit
  • curb chain

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