coach horsen.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊtʃ hɔːs/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊtʃ ˌhɔrs/

Forms: see coach n. and adv. and horse n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coach n., horse n.

Etymology: < coach n. + horse n.

1. A horse that is used to pull a coach, typically as part of a team or pair; a horse of a type bred to pull coaches. Now chiefly historical.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls vehicle > of specific type (miscellaneous) > that pulls coach

hack1571

coach-horse1590

coacher1769

stager1852

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 251 One of the coche horses that drue them stoode still.

1669 tr. Duc de Guise Mem. ii. 238 He looked on a bay Horse of mine as very suitable to a Set of Coach-horses he had of the same height and colour.

1706 Lady Wentworth Let. 12 Mar. in Wentworth Papers (1883) 57 Mr. Arundell..has a payr of the pretyist coach horsis I ever did see.

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 2 It is Switzerland that furnishes Lombardy with the best part of its coach-horses.

1831 W. Youatt Horse iv. 36 The origin of the better kind of coach-horse is the Cleveland Bay, confined principally to Yorkshire and Durham.

1919 Courier (Dundee) 30 Sept. 6/2 (advt.) Special sale of Highland coach horses (withdrawn from the principal Scottish coaching routes).

1939 A. Vernon Hist. & Romance of Horse 460 The Cleveland Bay, originally bred in Yorkshire as a coach horse, has seemed to have always been a comparative oddity in America.

2018 P. Edwards Horses & Aristocratic Lifestyle in Early Mod. Eng. iv. 92 The price of London-bought coach horses remained consistently high and raised the average value of mares.

†2. figurative.

a. humorous (often depreciative). A person who acts or associates closely with another; a close fellow or companion. Also: a thing which is closely associated with another. Cf. coach-fellow n. at coach n. and adv. Compounds 7. Obsolete.In quot. 1603 a use of sense 1 in a simile conveying the same idea of close fellowship or joint action.

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1603 True Narration Entertainm. His Maiestie sig. E2 His [sc. an apprehended thief's] fellow was ill mist, for no doubt hee had a walking mate: they drew togither like Coach-horses, and it is pitie they did not hang togither.]

1606 G. Chapman Monsieur D'Oliue iv. sig. F3 Welcome little Witts, are you hee my Page Pacque here Makes choice of, to be his fellow Coch-horse?

a1627 T. Middleton et al. Widdow (1652) v. i. 62 2nd Suter. Fetch me in Widow: You'l find your reach too short. Val. Why you have enough you say. 2 Suter. I, but I will have my humour too; you never think of that, they'r Coach horses, they goe together still.

1652 J. Shirley Brothers ii. 25 So much I am your creature, if you knew But where to match me, I would be your coach-horse.

b. A means of movement or action; a driving or enabling force. Chiefly in figurative contexts. Obsolete.

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1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. i. 6 Fine backes, and fat bellies are Coach-horses to two of the seuen deadly sins: In the bootes of which Coach, Lechery and Sloth sit like the waiting-maide.

1618 Owles Almanacke (new ed.) 12 Then came posting in..Simony..Bribery, Humanisme, Malice.., with pale-fac'd Incontinence, and giddy-braind Intemperance, the two swiftest coach-horses of hell.

1779 Let. to Whigs 9 [The peerage is composed of] The Bench of Bishops, those Creatures of the Crown..; the Scotch Peers, who are the very Coach Horses of the State Coach.

†3. Nautical. One of the crew of rowers in a (naval) barge; spec. a member of the crew of a barge used on, or reserved for formal, ceremonial, or royal occasions. Obsolete.

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1806 J. Davis Post-Captain xvii. 102 ‘Barge-men away there!’ cried a midshipman. ‘Coach-horses away there!’ echoed the boatswain's mate.

1824 Hereford Jrnl. 14 July Just then the words were pass'd for the coach-horses and bloods (that's the barge and galley's crews) to get harness'd, and be in readiness to go ashore on duty.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Coach-horses, the crew of the state barge; usually fifteen selected men.

Compounds

As a modifier, with the sense ‘of, for, or relating to a coach horse or coach horses (sense 1)’, as in coach horse breed, coach horse harness, coach horse type.In quot. 1590 in a scene in which kings defeated by Tamburlaine are harnessed and bridled like horses, and made to pull his chariot.

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1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. I8^v Your Maiesty already hath deuisde A meane, as fit as may be to restraine These coltish coach-horse tongues from blasphemy.

1657 Sir F. Drake Let. in Lady Elliott-Drake Family & Heirs Sir Francis Drake (1911) 415 Two coach horse harness of the best fashion, and strong.

1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. II. xx. 253 The beasts of labour, principally horses, are of the saddle or the coach-horse breed.

1832 Chelmsford Chron. 9 Nov. (advt.) Valuable freehold and leasehold houses, coach horse stabling, &c.

1894 Cultivator & Country Gentleman (Albany, N.Y.) 31 May 426/2 Some [of the horses in a sale] undoubtedly had a cross of coach horse blood.

1911 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 72 107 Sultan showed much quality for a Cleveland at that period, and partook largely of the Coach Horse type, while he had a very good action.

2017 J. Haas et al. Horse-lover's Encycl. (ed. 2) 58/2 Coach horse breeds and Thoroughbreds provide the foundation for the modern warmblood sport horse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	coach horse
释义	coach horsen. Brit. /ˈkəʊtʃ hɔːs/, U.S. /ˈkoʊtʃ ˌhɔrs/ Forms: see coach n. and adv. and horse n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coach n., horse n. Etymology: < coach n. + horse n. 1. A horse that is used to pull a coach, typically as part of a team or pair; a horse of a type bred to pull coaches. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls vehicle > of specific type (miscellaneous) > that pulls coach hack1571 coach-horse1590 coacher1769 stager1852 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 251 One of the coche horses that drue them stoode still. 1669 tr. Duc de Guise Mem. ii. 238 He looked on a bay Horse of mine as very suitable to a Set of Coach-horses he had of the same height and colour. 1706 Lady Wentworth Let. 12 Mar. in Wentworth Papers (1883) 57 Mr. Arundell..has a payr of the pretyist coach horsis I ever did see. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 2 It is Switzerland that furnishes Lombardy with the best part of its coach-horses. 1831 W. Youatt Horse iv. 36 The origin of the better kind of coach-horse is the Cleveland Bay, confined principally to Yorkshire and Durham. 1919 Courier (Dundee) 30 Sept. 6/2 (advt.) Special sale of Highland coach horses (withdrawn from the principal Scottish coaching routes). 1939 A. Vernon Hist. & Romance of Horse 460 The Cleveland Bay, originally bred in Yorkshire as a coach horse, has seemed to have always been a comparative oddity in America. 2018 P. Edwards Horses & Aristocratic Lifestyle in Early Mod. Eng. iv. 92 The price of London-bought coach horses remained consistently high and raised the average value of mares. †2. figurative. a. humorous (often depreciative). A person who acts or associates closely with another; a close fellow or companion. Also: a thing which is closely associated with another. Cf. coach-fellow n. at coach n. and adv. Compounds 7. Obsolete.In quot. 1603 a use of sense 1 in a simile conveying the same idea of close fellowship or joint action. ΚΠ 1603 True Narration Entertainm. His Maiestie sig. E2 His [sc. an apprehended thief's] fellow was ill mist, for no doubt hee had a walking mate: they drew togither like Coach-horses, and it is pitie they did not hang togither.] 1606 G. Chapman Monsieur D'Oliue iv. sig. F3 Welcome little Witts, are you hee my Page Pacque here Makes choice of, to be his fellow Coch-horse? a1627 T. Middleton et al. Widdow (1652) v. i. 62 2nd Suter. Fetch me in Widow: You'l find your reach too short. Val. Why you have enough you say. 2 Suter. I, but I will have my humour too; you never think of that, they'r Coach horses, they goe together still. 1652 J. Shirley Brothers ii. 25 So much I am your creature, if you knew But where to match me, I would be your coach-horse. b. A means of movement or action; a driving or enabling force. Chiefly in figurative contexts. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. i. 6 Fine backes, and fat bellies are Coach-horses to two of the seuen deadly sins: In the bootes of which Coach, Lechery and Sloth sit like the waiting-maide. 1618 Owles Almanacke (new ed.) 12 Then came posting in..Simony..Bribery, Humanisme, Malice.., with pale-fac'd Incontinence, and giddy-braind Intemperance, the two swiftest coach-horses of hell. 1779 Let. to Whigs 9 [The peerage is composed of] The Bench of Bishops, those Creatures of the Crown..; the Scotch Peers, who are the very Coach Horses of the State Coach. †3. Nautical. One of the crew of rowers in a (naval) barge; spec. a member of the crew of a barge used on, or reserved for formal, ceremonial, or royal occasions. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1806 J. Davis Post-Captain xvii. 102 ‘Barge-men away there!’ cried a midshipman. ‘Coach-horses away there!’ echoed the boatswain's mate. 1824 Hereford Jrnl. 14 July Just then the words were pass'd for the coach-horses and bloods (that's the barge and galley's crews) to get harness'd, and be in readiness to go ashore on duty. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Coach-horses, the crew of the state barge; usually fifteen selected men. Compounds As a modifier, with the sense ‘of, for, or relating to a coach horse or coach horses (sense 1)’, as in coach horse breed, coach horse harness, coach horse type.In quot. 1590 in a scene in which kings defeated by Tamburlaine are harnessed and bridled like horses, and made to pull his chariot. ΚΠ 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. I8^v Your Maiesty already hath deuisde A meane, as fit as may be to restraine These coltish coach-horse tongues from blasphemy. 1657 Sir F. Drake Let. in Lady Elliott-Drake Family & Heirs Sir Francis Drake (1911) 415 Two coach horse harness of the best fashion, and strong. 1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. II. xx. 253 The beasts of labour, principally horses, are of the saddle or the coach-horse breed. 1832 Chelmsford Chron. 9 Nov. (advt.) Valuable freehold and leasehold houses, coach horse stabling, &c. 1894 Cultivator & Country Gentleman (Albany, N.Y.) 31 May 426/2 Some [of the horses in a sale] undoubtedly had a cross of coach horse blood. 1911 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 72 107 Sultan showed much quality for a Cleveland at that period, and partook largely of the Coach Horse type, while he had a very good action. 2017 J. Haas et al. Horse-lover's Encycl. (ed. 2) 58/2 Coach horse breeds and Thoroughbreds provide the foundation for the modern warmblood sport horse. 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