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stonehorse

stonehorse is the alternative form 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

Forms of stonehorse

pluralstonehorses

Questions about stonehorse

What is stonehorse the alternative form of?
Stonehorse is the alternative form of stone-horse.

Words near stonehorse in the dictionary

  1. stoneheartedly
  2. stoneheartedness
  3. Stonehenge
  4. Stonehocker
  5. Stonehockers
  6. stonehorse
  7. stonehorses
  8. Stonehouse
  9. Stonehouses
  10. Stoneking
  11. Stonekings

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