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7441 Etymology dictionary, p. tenderfoot (n.).3
Tender-footed (adj.) "cautious", originally of horses, is recorded from 1680s; in reference to persons by 1854.
7442 Etymology dictionary, p. terrain (n.).2
… training horses," from French terrain "piece of earth, ground, land," from Old French (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrenum "land, ground," noun use …
7443 Etymology dictionary, p. tester (n.2).2
… a horse, extended use and form of Late Latin testa "skull," in Vulgar Latin "head" (see tete ). From Medieval Latin testa as "head" also come tester in obsolete senses …
7444 Etymology dictionary, p. thoroughbred (adj.).2
1701, of persons, "thoroughly accomplished," from thorough + past tense of breed. In reference to horses, "of pure breed or stock," from 1796; the noun is first recorded 1842.
7445 Etymology dictionary, p. tic (n.).2
… of horses" (17c.), of unknown origin. Klein suggests an imitative origin; Diez compare it to Italian ticchio "whim, caprice, ridiculous habit," itself of unknown …
7446 Etymology dictionary, p. tit (n.2).2
… small horses. Similar words in related senses are found in Scandinavian (Icelandic tittr, Norwegian tita "a little bird"), but the connection and origin are …
7447 Etymology dictionary, p. track (n.).2
… of horses, trace" (mid-15c.), possibly from a Germanic source (compare Middle Low German treck, Dutch trek "drawing, pulling;" see trek ). Meaning "lines of rails for drawing …
7448 Etymology dictionary, p. track (n.).3
… , runner, horse, etc. (1907, but the phrase was more common in sense "fastest speed recorded at a particular track"). To make tracks "move quickly" is American English …
7449 Etymology dictionary, p. trainer (n.).2
c. 1600, "one who educates or instructs," agent noun from train (v.). Meaning "one who prepares another for feats requiring physical fitness" is from 1823, originally of horse-trainers.
7450 Etymology dictionary, p. trammel (n.).2
… a horse" (c. 1500). Italian tramaglio, Spanish trasmallo are French loan-words.
7451 Etymology dictionary, p. trammel (v.).2
1530s, originally "to bind up (a corpse);" sense of "hinder, restrain" is from 1727, from trammel (n.), a figurative use from the literal sense "bind (a horse's legs) with a trammel" (c. 1600). Related: Trammeled; trammeling .
7452 Etymology dictionary, p. trappings (n.).2
late 14c., "horse-cloth," from Middle English trappe "ornamental cloth for a horse" (c. 1300), later "personal effects" (mid-15c.), from Anglo-French trape, an alteration of Old French drap "cloth" (see drape (n.)).
7453 Etymology dictionary, p. triathlon (n.).2
… , and horse-jumping; another was cross-country skiing, target shooting, and a giant slalom run; and a third connected to the U.S. Army involved shooting, swimming …
7454 Etymology dictionary, p. tricycle (n.).2
1828, "three-wheeled horse-drawn carriage," from French tricycle (1827); see tri- + cycle (n.). The pedal-powered version is first attested 1868.
7455 Etymology dictionary, p. troika (n.).2
… three horses abreast," from Russian troika "three-horse team, any group of three," from collective numeral troje "group of three" (from PIE *tro-yo-, suffixed form …
7456 Etymology dictionary, p. Trojan (adj.).2
… . Trojan horse was figurative of ambush-from-within in Roman times ( equus Troianus ); attested in English from 1570s; the computer virus sense is attested by …
7457 Etymology dictionary, p. trot (v.).2
… to horses; figurative sense of "produce and display for admiration" is slang first recorded 1845. Related: Trotted; trotting .
7458 Etymology dictionary, p. trot (n.).2
… of horses, from Old French trot "a trot, trotting" (12c.), from troter "to trot, to go," from Frankish *trotton, from Proto-Germanic *trott- (source also of Old High German …
7459 Etymology dictionary, p. trotter (n.).2
late 14c. as a type of horse; agent noun from trot (v.). Meaning "foot of a quadruped" is from 1520s. Related: Trotters .
7460 Etymology dictionary, p. tumble-down (adj.).2
1791, originally "habitually falling down" and used first of horses, from tumble (v.) + down (adv.); in reference to buildings, "in a dilapidated condition," from 1818.