Search for: Horses
7241 Etymology dictionary, p. Nubian (adj.).2
… of horse; 1899 as a type of black dress material.
7242 Etymology dictionary, p. oat (n.).2
… to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Related: Oats .
7243 Etymology dictionary, p. oater (n.).2
"Western film" (featuring horse-riding cowboys and Indians), 1946, American English, from oat, as the typical food of horses. Oats opera (on the model of soap opera) is by 1937 in U.S. slang.
7244 Etymology dictionary, p. one-horse (adj.).1
one-horse (adj.)
7245 Etymology dictionary, p. one-horse (adj.).2
… one + horse (n.). Probably from earlier use in reference to a carriage, sleigh, plow, etc., "drawn by a single horse" (1750); also "possessing only one horse" (of a farmer); hence …
7246 Etymology dictionary, p. outside (n.).3
… in horse racing (see outsider ).
7247 Etymology dictionary, p. outsider (n.).2
… race horse not included among the favorites" is from 1836; hence outside chance (1909).
7248 Etymology dictionary, p. pacer (n.).2
1660s, "a horse whose natural gait is a pace," agent noun from pace (v.). As "one who measures by pacing," by 1835.
7249 Etymology dictionary, p. pack-horse (n.).1
pack-horse (n.)
7250 Etymology dictionary, p. pack-horse (n.).2
"horse used in carrying burdens," c. 1500, from pack (n.) + horse (n.).
7251 Etymology dictionary, p. palfrey (n.).2
… horse for outlying districts" (6c.), originally "extra horse," from Greek para "beside, secondary" (see para- ) + Medieval Latin veredus "post horse; light, fast horse used …
7252 Etymology dictionary, p. palomino (n.).2
"horse with a light brown or cream coat and a pale mane and tail," 1899, ( earlier palomino horse ), from American Spanish palomino "cream-colored horse," from Spanish …
7253 Etymology dictionary, p. park (v.).2
… , wagons, horses, provisions, etc." (attested from 1680s). The general non-military meaning "put (a vehicle) in a certain place" is recorded by 1844. Related: Parked; parking …
7254 Etymology dictionary, p. pastern (n.).2
… a horse or other beast," from Old French pasturon (Modern French paturon ), diminutive of pasture "shackle for a horse in pasture," from Vulgar Latin *pastoria, noun …
7255 Etymology dictionary, p. pasture (n.).2
… where horses were sent (ideally) after their active working life.
7256 Etymology dictionary, p. *pau- (1).4
… "young horse;" Old Norse fylja "young female horse;" Old Church Slavonic puta "bird;" Lithuanian putytis "young animal, young bird;" Albanian pele "mare."
7257 Etymology dictionary, p. peck (n.1).2
… for horses; original sense may be "allowance" rather than a fixed measure, thus perhaps from peck (v.). Originally not a precise measure and later sometimes used …
7258 Etymology dictionary, p. Pegasus.2
… winged horse in Greek mythology, also the name of an ancient northern constellation, late 14c., Pegase, from Latin, from Greek Pēgasos, usually said to be from …
7259 Etymology dictionary, p. Percheron (n.).2
type of horse, large and stout but relatively free in action, by 1875, from French Percheron, adjective formed from le Perche, region south of Normandy where horses were bred that were strong, light, and fast.
7260 Etymology dictionary, p. phaeton (n.).2
… the horses was struck by Zeus with a thunderbolt and slain after nearly setting fire to the whole earth. His name is literally "shining," from phaein "to shine …