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horse-litter

horse-litter is the alternative form of horse litter.

Meaning of horse litter

Noun

horse litter (plural horse litters)

  1. A litter pulled or borne by one horse or borne on poles borne by two or more horses.
  2. (uncommon) Synonym of horsecart, particularly in contexts for carrying the injured or deceased in early cart ambulances or hearses.
    Synonyms:
    horsecart, particularly in contexts for carrying the injured or deceased in early cart ambulances or hearses
  3. Straw or similar litter used for horses' rest or, once mixed with horse urine and excrement, as a waste product or fertilizer.

Forms of horse-litter

pluralhorse-litters

Questions about horse-litter

What is horse-litter the alternative form of?
Horse-litter is the alternative form of horse litter.

Words near horse-litter in the dictionary

  1. horse-jockeys
  2. horse-latitudes
  3. horse-leech
  4. horse-leeches
  5. horse-like
  6. horse-litter
  7. horse-litters
  8. horse-lock
  9. horse-locks
  10. horse-milliner
  11. horse-milliners

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Adapted from Wiktionary: horse-litter (page history and authors); horse litter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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