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6941 Etymology dictionary, p. cab (n.).2
… -wheeled horse-drawn carriage," a colloquial London shortening of cabriolet, a type of covered horse-drawn carriage (1763), from French cabriolet (18c.), diminutive …
6942 Etymology dictionary, p. cab (n.).3
… four horses; it was introduced into London from Paris in 1820. The name was extended to hansoms and other types of carriages, then to similar-looking parts …
6943 Etymology dictionary, p. caballero (n.).2
… pack-horse, nag, hack" (see cavalier (n.)). It is the equivalent of French chevalier, Italian cavaliere. Also the name of a kind of stately Spanish dance.
6944 Etymology dictionary, p. cadge (v.).2
… pack-horse" (mid-15c.), which is perhaps from Middle English cadge "to fasten, to tie" (late 14c.), which probably is from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse kögur …
6945 Etymology dictionary, p. calico (n.).2
… of horses, of cats from 1882. The place-name (mentioned by Ptolemy as kalaikaris ) is Tamil, said to mean "fort of Kalliai."
6946 Etymology dictionary, p. canter (v.).2
of horses, "move with a moderate or easy gallop," 1706, from a contraction of canterbury (v.), 1670s, from Canterbury pace (1630s), "easy pace at which pilgrims ride to Canterbury " (q.v.). Related: Cantered; cantering .
6947 Etymology dictionary, p. Cappadocia (n.).2
… fine horses." In ancient Athens, Cappadocians were notorious as knaves and cowards, but the region's horses were celebrated.
6948 Etymology dictionary, p. career (v.).2
1590s, "to charge at a tournament," from career (n.). The meaning "move rapidly, run at full speed" (1640s) is from the image of a horse "passing a career" on the jousting field, etc. Related: Careered; careering .
6949 Etymology dictionary, p. carriage (n.).3
… of "horse-drawn, wheeled vehicle for hauling people" is attested from 1706; extended to railway cars by 1830. The meaning "the business of transportation" is …
6950 Etymology dictionary, p. cart (n.).2
… one horse and often without springs, from Old Norse kartr or a similar Scandinavian source, akin to and replacing Old English cræt "cart, wagon, chariot," perhaps …
6951 Etymology dictionary, p. cart (n.).3
… the horse in a figurative sense "reverse the natural or proper order of things" is from 1510s in those words; the image in other words dates to mid-14c.: put the …
6952 Etymology dictionary, p. cart-horse (n.).1
cart-horse (n.)
6953 Etymology dictionary, p. cart-horse (n.).2
"horse that draws a cart," late 14c., from cart (n.) + horse (n.).
6954 Etymology dictionary, p. cattle (n.).3
in later Middle English especially "movable property, livestock" (early 14c.), including horses, sheep, asses, etc.; it began to be limited to "cows and bulls" from late 16c.
6955 Etymology dictionary, p. cavalier (n.).2
… for "horse" (and source of Italian cavallo, French cheval, Spanish caballo, Irish capall, Welsh ceffyl ), displacing Latin equus (from PIE root *ekwo- ).
6956 Etymology dictionary, p. cavalier (n.).3
… "work horse, pack horse," sometimes, disdainfully, "hack, nag." This and Greek kaballion "workhorse," kaballes "nag" probably are loan-words, perhaps from an Anatolian …
6957 Etymology dictionary, p. cavort (v.).2
… a horse," a word from French that is related to curve (v.). Or perhaps from ca-, ka-, colloquial intensive prefix + vault (v.) "to jump, leap." Modern form attested by 1829. Related …
6958 Etymology dictionary, p. cayuse (n.).2
"horse, Indian pony of the northern Rockies," 1841, American English, said to be a Chinook (native Pacific Northwest) word; also the name of an Indian group and language (1825); of unknown origin.
6959 Etymology dictionary, p. celerity (n.).2
… "fast horse or ship," Lithuanian šuoliai "a gallop," Old High German scelo "stallion").
6960 Etymology dictionary, p. centaur (n.).2
… a horse, late 14c., from Latin centaurus, from Greek Kentauros, a word of disputed origin. In early Greek literature they were a savage, horse-riding tribe from …