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trailhand

trailhand noun: a cowboy or skilled horseman who routinely rides through the rural countryside.

Noun

trailhand (plural trailhands)

  1. (US) A cowboy or skilled horseman who routinely rides through the rural countryside.
    • I've gone horseback riding many times since I was a little girl, and my 9-year-old daughter Emily considered herself an old trailhand.2003 July 6, Sara Campbell, “When a horseback ride turns into horror on the hoof”, in The Dallas Morning News
  2. (US) In the Old West, a mounted worker employed on a cattle drive.

Forms of trailhand

pluraltrailhands
alternative formtrail hand

Origin of trailhand

From trail + hand.

Questions about trailhand

What does trailhand mean?
Trailhand means a cowboy or skilled horseman who routinely rides through the rural countryside.
What part of speech is trailhand?
Trailhand is a noun.
What is the plural of trailhand?
The plural of trailhand is trailhands.

Words near trailhand in the dictionary

  1. trailership
  2. trailerships
  3. trailery
  4. trailest
  5. traileth
  6. trailhand
  7. trailhands
  8. trailhead
  9. trailheads
  10. trailin'
  11. trailing

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