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| aiver | a draft horse. |
| appaloosa+ | a North American breed of horse. |
| bangtail | a mustang or wild horse, whose tail hair is banged, i.e. with the end tuft squared. |
| barb | a horse of a racing breed related to the Arab. |
| bathorse | a horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign. |
| bayard | properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse. |
| bronc bronco broncho | a native or a Mexican horse of small size. |
| broodmare | a mare for breeding. |
| brumby | an Australian wild horse. |
| buckjumper+ | an untamed horse. |
| burro | a donkey. Pl. BURROS. |
| caballine | pertaining to or suited to a horse. |
| caple capul | a horse. |
| carthorse+ | a horse used to draw a cart. |
| cayuse | an Indian pony. |
| chigetai dziggetai | a wild ass native to the Tibetan plateau, aka KIANG or KYANG. |
| coldblood | a horse belonging to the heavy draught breeds. Cf. WARMBLOOD. |
| cooser cuisser cusser | a stallion. |
| courser | a swift horse. Formerly, a large powerful horse ridden in battle. |
| cuddie cuddy | a donkey. |
| destrier | a war-horse. |
| dicky dickey | in East Anglia, an ass. |
| dobbin | a workhorse. |
| drayhorse+ | a horse used to draw a dray. |
| dziggetai | see CHIGETAI. |
| entire | a horse that has not been gelded. |
| equid equine | any member of the horse family. |
| equinal | relating to horses. |
| garran garron | a small type of horse. |
| gelding | a castrated stallion. |
| gennet jennet genet | a small Spanish horse, a jenny donkey. |
| hack | a horse kept for hire, esp. one in a sorry condition. |
| hemione hemionus | an Asiatic wild ass, the KIANG or DZIGGETAI. [Gk. hemionos, mule]. |
| hippic | of or relating to horses. |
| hobbyhorse | a strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. |
| horsy horsey | like a horse: HORSIER, HORSIEST. |
| hoss | (coll.) a horse. |
| jackass | a male ass or donkey. |
| jenny | a female donkey. |
| keffel | a horse, a nag. [Welsh ceffyl]. |
| kiang kyang | a wild ass native to the Tibetan plateau, aka DZIGGETAI. |
| koulan kulan | a wild horse inhabiting the planes of Central Asia, aka ONAGER. |
| moke | a donkey. |
| moyl moyle | a mule. |
| mustang | the wild or half-wild horse of American plains, esp. of Mexico and California, descended from stock introduced by the Spanish. |
| neddy | a donkey. |
| onager | a wild ass of Asia. Pl. ONAGERS. (Also a military engine for throwing great stones, with pl. ONAGRI. |
| pacer | a horse trained to pace in harness racing. |
| packhorse | a horse used for carrying a pack. |
| padnag | an ambling nag. |
| palomino palamino | a horse of largely Arab blood, pale tan, yellow, or gold, with a white or silver mane and tail. Pl. PALAMINOS, PALOMINOS. |
| percheron | a draught-horse of a breed originating in La Perche in Southern Normandy. |
| philhorse pilhorse | a fill-horse, thill-horse, the horse in a team nearest to the carriage. |
| piebald pyebald | a horse marked in black and white. |
| pinto | a piebald horse. [Sp. pinto, painted]. Pl. PINTOES or PINTOS. |
| posthorse | a horse used to deliver mail. |
| powney pownie powny | a pony. |
| prad | (sl.) a horse. [From Dutch paard, horse.] |
| prancer | a prancing horse. |
| quagga | an extinct African wild ass like the zebra. [Hottentot quacha]. |
| racehorse | a horse bred to race. |
| roadster | a horse suitable for use on the road. |
| schimmel | a roan horse. |
| screw | a broken-winded horse. |
| shafter | a horse harnessed between shafts. |
| sheltie shelty | a Shetland pony or sheepdog. [ON Hjalti, Shetlander]. |
| skewbald | a horse marked in white and another colour not black. |
| staggie | a colt. |
| staig | a stallion. |
| stallion | an uncastrated male horse. |
| steed | (poetic) a horse. |
| steedlike+ | like a STEED. |
| stibbler | a horse turned out to feed on stubble. |
| stockhorse | a horse trained to work with sheep and cattle. |
| stonehorse | a stallion. |
| sumpter | a pack horse; a beast of burden. |
| tacky | an ill-conditioned horse; (adj.) sticky: TACKIER, TACKIEST. |
| takhi taki | a rare wild horse. |
| tangun | a piebald variety of the horse, native of Tibet. |
| tarpan | a small wild horse of the steppes. |
| thiller | the horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team. |
| trotter | a horse trained to trot in harness racing. |
| waler | an Australian-bred saddle-horse. |
| warhorse | a horse used in war. |
| warmblood | one of a race of horses developed from pedigree bloodlines from native American mares. Cf. COLDBLOOD. |
| wheelhorse | one of the horses next to the wheel in a team. |
| windsucker+ | a horse that engages in wind-sucking, a harmful habit of horses in which the animal arches its neck and swallows a gulp of air. |
| workhorse | a horse used in a labouring capacity rather than for racing. |
| yarraman | a horse. |
| yaud | a mare, jade. |
| zebra | any of a group of striped animals of the horse genus, found on the African continent. |
| zebrass | a cross between a zebra and an ass. |
| zebrinny | the offspring of a male horse and a female zebra. |
| zebrula zebrule | a hybrid offspring of male zebra and female horse. |