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Galvayne

Galvayne proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Galvayne

  1. A surname.

Verb

Galvayne (third-person singular simple present Galvaynes, present participle Galvayning, simple past and past participle Galvayned)

  1. (historical, transitive) To break (a horse) by bending its neck and tying the halter to its tail, so that the horse turns when it attempts to move forward.

Forms of Galvayne

third-person singular presentGalvaynes
present participleGalvayning
past participleGalvayned
pastGalvayned

Origin of Galvayne

(horse training): After the 19th-century English born Australian horse trainer Sydney Frederick Galvayne.

Words formed from Galvayne

Questions about Galvayne

What does Galvayne mean?
Galvayne means a surname.
What part of speech is Galvayne?
Galvayne can be a proper noun or a verb.

Words near Galvayne in the dictionary

  1. galvanotonus
  2. galvanotropic
  3. galvanotropism
  4. Galvao
  5. Galvaos
  6. Galvayne
  7. Galvayne's groove
  8. Galvayned
  9. Galvaynes
  10. Galvayning
  11. Galveston

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