Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The flesh of a horse.
- noun Horses considered as a group, especially for driving, riding, or racing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The flesh of a horse.
- noun Horses collectively, with reference to driving, riding, or racing.
- noun A species of Bahama mahogany: probably so named from its color.
- Of the color of horse-flesh; of a peculiar reddish-bronze color.
- noun In Guiana, the dark-red flesh-colored wood of the bully-tree, Mimusops Balata, or that obtained from panococo, Tounatea tomentosa. See
bully-tree and panococo, 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The flesh of horses.
- noun colloq. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse.
- noun (Min.) a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on fresh facture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The flesh of a horse;
horse meat . - noun Horses collectively, with reference to driving, riding, or racing.
- noun A species of Bahama mahogany.
- adjective Of the
colour of horseflesh; of a peculiar reddish-brownblee .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the flesh of horses as food
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Not sparin 'horseflesh, Captain," he muttered in a low voice.
Chapter 13 2010
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There's nothing too good in horseflesh you don't deserve, a woman who can ride like that.
Chapter XIII 2010
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Unfortunately, the qualities of this horse were so well concealed under his strange-colored hide and his unaccountable gait, that at a time when everybody was a connoisseur in horseflesh, the appearance of the aforesaid pony at Meung — which place he had entered about a quarter of an hour before, by the gate of Beaugency — produced an unfavorable feeling, which extended to his rider.
Archive 2006-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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Unfortunately, the qualities of this horse were so well concealed under his strange-colored hide and his unaccountable gait, that at a time when everybody was a connoisseur in horseflesh, the appearance of the aforesaid pony at Meung — which place he had entered about a quarter of an hour before, by the gate of Beaugency — produced an unfavorable feeling, which extended to his rider.
One for all Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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"Not sparin 'horseflesh, Captain," he muttered in a low voice.
Chapter 13 1915
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There's nothing too good in horseflesh you don't deserve, a woman who can ride like that.
Chapter XIII 1910
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I was assured that the eating-shops of Cabul and Kandah [= a] r always require a great supply of horseflesh, which is much liked by the natives, and when well seasoned with spices is not to be distinguished from other animal food.
A Peep into Toorkisthhan Rollo Gillespie Burslem
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Now, some of the poorer folk cannot afford to pay for butchers 'meat, they are contented with horseflesh, which is not yet rationed, and are willing to sell their ration cards.
My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 Ernest Alfred Vizetelly 1887
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The opening of Jerome Park did as much for "horseflesh" by rescuing the sport of horse racing from the blackguards and thieves, into whose hands it had fallen, and placing it upon a respectable footing.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City James Dabney McCabe 1862
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In the frame you can just see Ireland's champion rider crushed under an avalanche of horseflesh.
Ruby Walsh displays mastery of Cheltenham with hat-trick of winners 2011
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