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ˈhorse-bread
Bread made of beans, bran, etc. for the food of horses.
Horse-bread is still in use in many parts of Europe.
1467in Eng. Gilds (1870) 406 That non Baker that shalle bake eny horsbrede, kepe eny hostre. 1540Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 41 No hosteler or inholder shuld make any horse breadde. 1590Webbe Trav. (Arb.) 20 The foode which I and others did eat, was very blacke, far worse then Horse-breade. 1622Naworth Househ. Bks. (Surtees) 196 Horsbread for Mr. Howard brought from Newcastell. 1704Dict. Rust. s.v. Bread, make your Loaves like to Horse-bread, but not too thick. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Horse-bread, is often given Horses to hearten and strengthen them.
Comb.1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. iii. ii, You thread-bare, horse-bread-eating rascals. |