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behorsed

behorsed adjective: provided with or mounted upon a horse.

Adjective

behorsed (comparative more behorsed, superlative most behorsed)

  1. Provided with or mounted upon a horse.
    • Bespeared, behorsed, becannoned o'er […]1895, James Henry Cousins, Ben Madighan and Other Poems, page 41
    • At mountain resorts it happens not infrequently that one beholds such a pair driving before them a numerous progeny all properly behorsed.1925, William George Langworthy Taylor, The Saddle Horse, page 245

Forms of behorsed

comparativemore behorsed
superlativemost behorsed

Origin of behorsed

From be- + horse + -ed. Compare Old English behorsian.

Questions about behorsed

What does behorsed mean?
Behorsed means provided with or mounted upon a horse.
What part of speech is behorsed?
Behorsed is an adjective.

Words near behorsed in the dictionary

  1. behooveth
  2. behooving
  3. behoovingly
  4. behope
  5. behorn
  6. behorsed
  7. behote
  8. behovable
  9. behove
  10. behoved
  11. behoveful

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