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horsings

horsings is the plural of horsing.

Meaning of horsing

Noun

horsing (plural horsings)

  1. The military punishment of placing somebody on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged.
    • And though we cannot enumerate the “horsings,” and other little tender attentions that his juvenile indiscretions obtained him, we give him full credit for having received a modicum of castigation.1826, William Oxberry, Catherine Elizabeth Hewitt Oxberry, Oxberry's Dramatic Biography and Histrionic Anecdotes

Questions about horsings

What is horsings the plural of?
Horsings is the plural of horsing.

Words near horsings in the dictionary

  1. horsily
  2. horsiness
  3. horsing
  4. horsing about
  5. horsing around
  6. horsings
  7. Horsky
  8. Horsley
  9. Horsley Cross
  10. Horsley Park
  11. Horsleys

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