horse

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. equine; stallion, mare, colt, filly, foal, gelding; steed, mount; trotter, pacer, hackney; nag, hack, pony, charger, courser; dobbin, jennet; cavalry; sawhorse; bronco, mustang, cayuse; Arab. See animal, transportation, combatant.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A domestic animal]

Syn. nag, draft animal, plow horse, racer, saddlehorse, steed, mount, charger, stallion, gelding, hack, mare, dobbin, roadster, palfrey, pad, thoroughbred, pacer, trotter, cob, hunter, courser, posthorse, piebald, calico pony, equine, quadruped, Pferd (German), cheval (French), caballo (Spanish); see also animal , pony .

Breeds and types of horses include: Clydesdale, Shire, Belgian, Galloway, Shetland, Lipizzaner, Waler, Percheron, Appaloosa, French coach, Morgan, Suffolk, Hackney, Ardennes, Hanoverian, Flemish, Arabian, Thoroughbred, quarter horse, Barbary, barb, mustang, bronco, pinto, palomino, Hambletonian.

2. [An upright structure]

Syn. trestle, support, bench, stage, scaffold, easel, tripod, bolster, clotheshorse, sawhorse, vaulting block.

• back the wrong horse,

Syn. support the losing side, pick the loser, misjudge; see lose 3 .

• beat or [m1]• flog a dead horse*,

Syn. argue an issue that is already settled, nag, harp on; see overdo 1 .

• from the horse's mouth*,

Syn. originally, from an authority, according to the source of the information; see officially 1 .

• hold one's horses*,

Syn. curb one's impatience, slow down, relax; see restrain 1 .

• on one's high horse*,

Syn. arrogant, haughty, disdainful; see egotistic 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

equine, steed, mount, nag, pony, *bronc, stallion, mare, *plug, *crowbait.

WORD FIND

colors and markings

• beige with black mane: buckskin

• beige with brown or light mane: dun

• black and white: piebald

• black speckles: medicine hat

• bluish gray: grulla, smokey

• bronze or coppery: chestnut, sorrel

• brownish sprinkled with gray and white: roan

• palomino color: buttermilk, golden patches of white over any coat color except

• black: skewbald

• piebald or spotted: calico, pinto, dappled, paint

• reddish brown with black mane: bay

• stripe extending down back: eel stripe, dorsal stripe

• white above fetlock: stocking

• white below fetlock: sock

• white marking around nostril: snip

• white marking between eyes: star

• white streak on face: blaze, race

• white with white mane: palomilla

• yellowish cross of sorrel and dun: claybank

breeds

Appaloosa, Arabian, Cleveland bay, Clydesdale, Dartmoor, Exmoor, French Trotter, Hackney, hunter, Lipizzaner, Morgan, palomino, Percheron, quarter horse, saddlebred, Shetland, Shire, standardbred, Suffolk, Tennessee Walking

general

• back, highest portion of: withers

• bangs: forelock

• barnyard play area: paddock

• bent-backed: swaybacked, hogbacked

• breeding mare: brood mare

• breeding period of mare: heat

• bushy tail: broomtail

• care and feeding of, for a fee: livery

• castrated male: gelding

• cattle horse: cutting horse

• comb: currycomb

• command to turn left: haw

• command to turn right: gee

• cry of: neigh, whinny, snort

• disease: staggers, distemper, loco, spavin, heaves

• equipment: appointments, breastplate, bridle, bit, cheek straps, crownpiece, throatlatch, headband, blinder, cavesson, reins, saddle, halter, hackamore

• feeding trough: manger

• female under age four: filly

• gait: walk, trot, lope, canter, gallop, rack, volt, fox trot

• gentle farm horse: dobbin

• half-turn: caracole

• Indian: pinto, cayuse, mustang

• joint above hoof: fetlock

• leap, playful four-legged: gambado

• leap straight up: capriole

• male under age four: colt

• measurement of four inches: hand

• mythological: Pegasus, centaur

• nervous movement sideways or backwards: jib

• newborn: foal

• nose and mouth area: muzzle

• pen: corral

• pertaining to: equestrian, equine

• race: steeplechase, derby

• riding competition: gymkhana

• riding pants, boots: jodhpurs

• rising and falling in English riding style: posting

• shelter: stall, stable

• short-legged horse: cob

• sideways gait: volt

• smooth, refined gait for show: dressage

• stand up on rear legs: rear

• strong horse used for pulling: draft horse

• stud’s herd: harras

• sweat: lather

• trained: broken, bridlewise

• trot in place for show: piaffe

• upjerk of head: bridle

• wild or half-wild: mustang, bronco

• winker: blinder Horse, thoroughbred