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horse-whispering

horse-whispering noun: any of various gentle techniques of training or breaking horses.

Noun

horse-whispering (uncountable)

  1. Any of various gentle techniques of training or breaking horses.
  2. A purported magical ability enabling one to speak to horses or to have control over horses through whispering.
    • A little known magic gift among the Irish and Scottish peoples was that of "horse-whispering" or charming, although this art is also known to the gipsies of Europe and in South America.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 215

Questions about horse-whispering

What does horse-whispering mean?
Horse-whispering means any of various gentle techniques of training or breaking horses.
What part of speech is horse-whispering?
Horse-whispering is a noun.

Words near horse-whispering in the dictionary

  1. horse-traders
  2. horse-trading
  3. horse-wain
  4. horse-wains
  5. horse-watcher
  6. horse-whispering
  7. horse-yard
  8. horse-yards
  9. horseable
  10. horseapple
  11. horseapples

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