horsehood

English

Etymology

horse +‎ -hood

Noun

horsehood (uncountable)

  1. the state or quality of being a horse
    • 1916, G.K. Chesterton, The Crimes of England‎:
      Why should that singing horse commonly called the nightingale, or that climbing horse hitherto known as the cat, fall down and worship you because of your horsehood?
    • 1889, Grant Allen, Falling in Love‎:
      He was still in the intermediate stage between horse and donkey, a natural mule still struggling up aspiringly toward perfect horsehood.
  2. A piece of horsewear that covers the head of the horse, often also its neck and shoulders.

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