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horsehood

horsehood noun: the state or quality of being a horse.

Noun

horsehood (uncountable)

  1. the state or quality of being a horse
    • Why should that singing horse commonly called the nightingale, or that climbing horse hitherto known as the cat, fall down and worship you because of your horsehood?1916, G.K. Chesterton, The Crimes of England
    • He was still in the intermediate stage between horse and donkey, a natural mule still struggling up aspiringly toward perfect horsehood.1889, Grant Allen, Falling in Love
  2. A piece of horsewear that covers the head of the horse, often also its neck and shoulders.

Origin of horsehood

From horse + -hood.

Questions about horsehood

What does horsehood mean?
Horsehood means the state or quality of being a horse.
What part of speech is horsehood?
Horsehood is a noun.

Words near horsehood in the dictionary

  1. horseherb
  2. horseherd
  3. horseherds
  4. horsehide
  5. horsehides
  6. horsehood
  7. horsehoof
  8. horsehooves
  9. horsejockey
  10. horsejockeys
  11. horsekeeper

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