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covering horse

covering horse noun: a stud horse; a stallion kept as a stud.

Noun

covering horse (plural covering horses)

  1. A stud horse; a stallion kept as a stud.
    • That year he earned extra income by keeping a covering horse, which he hired out to a number of local farmers.
    • ...he is now fat and looks as grand as a covering horse.1911 [1798], Daniel Agnew, edited by Arthur Lowndes, Archives of the General Convention, II: The Correspondence of John Henry Hobart 1798–1801, New York: The Commission on Archives [General...

Examples of covering horse in a sentence

  • There shall be annually levied and collected upon all stallions or covering horses, let to mares for hire, a tax equal to the season, or price of one mare let to such stallion or covering horse.1837 [1807], Oliver H. Prince, A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia, Second Edition, volume II, Athens, Georgia: Oliver H. Prince...
  • The pedigree of Florizel, on the side of his dam, I have often seen, when he was a covering horse, but have no recollection of it.1830 December [1827], John Wickham, American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, volume 2, number 4, Baltimore: J. S. Skinner, Turf...
  • ...and I would as soon this day enter it in a stake of from one to five hundred dollars each, as to select from the season of any covering horse, no matter how many mares he had put to him.1831 February [1830], William R. Johnson, American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, volume 2, number 6, Baltimore: J. S. Skinner...

Forms of covering horse

pluralcovering horses

Questions about covering horse

What does covering horse mean?
Covering horse means a stud horse; a stallion kept as a stud.
How do you use covering horse in a sentence?
There shall be annually levied and collected upon all stallions or covering horses, let to mares for hire, a tax equal to the season, or price of one mare let to such stallion or covering horse.
What part of speech is covering horse?
Covering horse is a noun.
What is the plural of covering horse?
The plural of covering horse is covering horses.

Words near covering horse in the dictionary

  1. coveries
  2. coverin'
  3. covering
  4. covering fire
  5. covering ground
  6. covering horse
  7. covering horses
  8. covering index
  9. covering indexes
  10. covering letter
  11. covering letters

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