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drum horses

drum horses is the plural of drum horse.

Meaning of drum horse

Noun

drum horse (plural drum horses)

  1. (UK) A horse that carries a rider and two silver kettle drums in certain ceremonies of state.
    • The soul of the Regiment lives in the Drum-Horse who carries the silver kettle-drums. He is nearly always a big piebald Waler. That is a point of honour; and a Regiment will spend anything you please on a piebald.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Rout of the White Hussars”, in Plain Tales from the Hills
  2. A breed of heavy riding horse with thick main and tail and abundant feathers starting at the knees and hocks.
    • The Queen, whose profound knowledge of the breeding of horses is well known, became interested in breeding drum-horses in recent years and has provided some to the Household Cavalry and has further potential stock at Hampton Court.1993, William Lloyd, Challengers and Chargers: A History of the Life Guards, 1945–92, page 74

Questions about drum horses

What is drum horses the plural of?
Drum horses is the plural of drum horse.

Words near drum horses in the dictionary

  1. drum fill
  2. drum fills
  3. drum head
  4. drum heads
  5. drum horse
  6. drum horses
  7. drum into
  8. drum kit
  9. drum kits
  10. drum machine
  11. drum machines

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