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forehorse

forehorse noun: the foremost horse in a team of horses; a lead horse.

Noun

forehorse (plural forehorses)

  1. The foremost horse in a team of horses; a lead horse
    • But the principal difficulties of travel within the capital were those created by the sheer volume of the traffic. The city's regulations prohibiting the entry of ironshod vehicles and requiring draymen to lead their forehorses were ignored.1983, Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham, William Matthews, The Diary of Samuel Pepys
    • Scarcely had they passed the spot where I rested, when some one leaped from beneath the hedge, and seized the head of the forehorses. Another called upon the coachman to stop, and threatened him with instant death if he disobeyed.2012, Charles Brockden Brown, Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist

Forms of forehorse

pluralforehorses

Origin of forehorse

From fore- + horse.

Questions about forehorse

What does forehorse mean?
Forehorse means the foremost horse in a team of horses; a lead horse.
What part of speech is forehorse?
Forehorse is a noun.
What is the plural of forehorse?
The plural of forehorse is forehorses.

Words near forehorse in the dictionary

  1. forehoof
  2. forehoofs
  3. forehook
  4. forehooks
  5. forehooves
  6. forehorse
  7. forehorses
  8. forehouse
  9. forehouses
  10. foreign
  11. foreign accent syndrome

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