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stone-horses

stone-horses is the plural of stone-horse.

Meaning of stone-horse

Noun

stone-horse (plural stone-horses)

  1. (obsolete) A stallion.
    • 'tis no ſmall Advantage to keep a Team of Mares for Breed: But where there is moſt Arable, and little Paſture-Land, Stone-Horses or Geldings are more neceſſary1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC

Questions about stone-horses

What is stone-horses the plural of?
Stone-horses is the plural of stone-horse.

Words near stone-horses in the dictionary

  1. stone-hard
  2. stone-hearted
  3. stone-heartedly
  4. stone-heartedness
  5. stone-horse
  6. stone-horses
  7. stone-knapper
  8. stone-knappers
  9. stone-lilies
  10. stone-lily
  11. stone-mint

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