Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
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. |
colthood | the state or time of being a colt. |
cooser cuisser cusser | a stallion. |
courser | a swift horse. Formerly, a large powerful horse ridden in battle. |
crowbait | an old horse. |
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. |
favel | a horse of a light brown colour. |
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. |
horsehead | the head of a horse. |
horsie | a child's name for a horse. |
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 > 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. |
packmule | a mule used for carrying a pack. |
padnag | an ambling nag. |
palfrey | a saddle horse, esp. a light easy-gaited horse suitable for a woman. |
palamino palomino | a horse of largely Arab blood, pale tan, yellow, or gold, with a white or silver mane and tail > 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 > PINTOES or PINTOS. [Sp. pinto, painted]. |
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. |
rearer | a horse that rears. |
roadster | a horse suitable for use on the road. |
rouncy | a riding-horse, a nag. |
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. |
swayback | a horse bent down in the back. |
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. |
trippler | a horse that tripples, proceeds at a pace between a walk and a trot. |
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. |