Horseflesh

Word HORSEFLESH
Character 10
Hyphenation horse flesh
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Horseflesh"

What do we mean by horseflesh?

The flesh of a horse. noun

Horses considered as a group, especially for driving, riding, or racing. noun

In Guiana, the dark-red flesh-colored wood of the bully-tree, Mimusops Balata, or that obtained from panococo, Tounatea tomentosa. See bully-tree and panococo, 2. noun

The flesh of a horse. noun

Horses collectively, with reference to driving, riding, or racing. noun

A species of Bahama mahogany: probably so named from its color. noun

Of the color of horse-flesh; of a peculiar reddish-bronze color.

The flesh of horses. noun

Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse. noun

A miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on fresh facture. noun

The flesh of a horse; horse meat. noun

Horses collectively, with reference to driving, riding, or racing. noun

A species of Bahama mahogany. noun

Of the colour of horseflesh; of a peculiar reddish-brown blee. adjective

The flesh of horses as food noun

The flesh of a horse; horse meat.

Horses collectively, with reference to driving, riding, or racing.

A species of Bahama mahogany, Lysiloma sabicu and Lysiloma latisiliquum.

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The word "horseflesh" in example sentences

"Not sparin 'horseflesh, Captain," he muttered in a low voice. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There's nothing too good in horseflesh you don't deserve, a woman who can ride like that. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Unfortunately, the qualities of this horse were so well concealed under his strange-colored hide and his unaccountable gait, that at a time when everybody was a connoisseur in horseflesh, the appearance of the aforesaid pony at Meung — which place he had entered about a quarter of an hour before, by the gate of Beaugency — produced an unfavorable feeling, which extended to his rider. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2006)

I was assured that the eating-shops of Cabul and Kandah [= a] r always require a great supply of horseflesh, which is much liked by the natives, and when well seasoned with spices is not to be distinguished from other animal food. ❋ Rollo Gillespie Burslem (N/A)

Now, some of the poorer folk cannot afford to pay for butchers 'meat, they are contented with horseflesh, which is not yet rationed, and are willing to sell their ration cards. ❋ Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1887)

The opening of Jerome Park did as much for "horseflesh" by rescuing the sport of horse racing from the blackguards and thieves, into whose hands it had fallen, and placing it upon a respectable footing. ❋ James Dabney McCabe (1862)

I was lying in the street on rotting horseflesh, set upon by pickpockets who might have killed me just for the ring on my finger! ❋ Margaret Peterson Haddix (2011)

His extraordinary article talked of starving people surviving on gruel, rotten bones and putrid horseflesh. ❋ Tim Montgomerie (2010)

In the frame you can just see Ireland's champion rider crushed under an avalanche of horseflesh. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They ain't sparing horseflesh, that's one thing sure. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If you're ordering a Carrera S, that additional horseflesh will cost you $16,900 the optional power kit. ❋ Dan Neil (2011)

What a SOTU speech can do, then, is provide a showcase and a test for the president in the simplest horseflesh terms. ❋ Ezra Klein (2011)

Best piece of horseflesh I ever straddled, and I've seen a few in my time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Remember what I told you about horses," he reiterated to Saxon; and, assisted by his hostess, he gave a very creditable disquisition on horseflesh and its management from a business point of view. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After last week's Game of Thrones stayed firmly in Westeros, Sunday's episode airing at 9/8c on HBO returns to the land of the Dothraki, those nomadic warriors across the Narrow Sea who value a good piece of horseflesh for both riding and eating. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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