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road horse

road horse noun: a horse suitable for use on roadways; roadster.

Noun

road horse (plural road horses)

  1. A horse suitable for use on roadways; roadster.
  2. (obsolete) A horse for riding; saddle-horse.

Forms of road horse

pluralroad horses
alternative formroad-horse

Origin of road horse

From Middle English rode hors, rodehors, from Old English rādhors (“saddle-horse”), equivalent to road + horse.

Questions about road horse

What does road horse mean?
Road horse means a horse suitable for use on roadways; roadster.
What part of speech is road horse?
Road horse is a noun.
What is the plural of road horse?
The plural of road horse is road horses.

Words near road horse in the dictionary

  1. road harrows
  2. road head
  3. road hockey
  4. road hog
  5. road hogs
  6. road horse
  7. road horses
  8. road hump
  9. road humps
  10. road hypnosis
  11. road hypnotism

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