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forehorses

forehorses is the plural of forehorse.

Meaning of forehorse

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

Questions about forehorses

What is forehorses the plural of?
Forehorses is the plural of forehorse.

Words near forehorses in the dictionary

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

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