a solid-hoofed plant-eating quadruped with a flowing mane and tail, domesticated for riding and as a draught animal.
[Equus caballus and other species, family Equidae.]
▸an adult male horse, as opposed to a mare or colt.
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[treated as sing. or pl.]
cavalry.
a frame or structure on which something is mounted or supported, especially a sawhorse.
▸Nautical a horizontal bar, rail, or rope in the rigging of a sailing ship.
informal a unit of horsepower.
informal heroin.
Mining an obstruction in a vein.
v.
provide with a horse or horses.
(horse around/about)
informal fool about.
Phrase
from the horse's mouth (of information) from an authoritative source.
