road horsen.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊd hɔːs/, U.S.

/ˈroʊd ˌ(h)ɔrs/

Forms: Old English radhors, Middle English rodehors, Middle English rodehorse, Middle English roodehors, 1500s road horsse, 1500s 1700s– road horse.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German reitros < the Germanic base of Old English rād riding (see road n.) + the Germanic base of horse n. Compare Old Icelandic reiðhestr.

†1. A horse suitable for riding. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for riding

road horseOE

hackney1299

rouncyc1300

mounturec1400

hackney horse1473

steed1597

Galloway1598

roussin1602

naggon1630

saddle horse1647

sit-horse?1652

rider1698

saddle mare1707

hack1737

hack horse1760

ride1787

Bucephalus1799

steed-horse1842

mount1856

saddler1888

saddle seat1895

OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Esther (transcript of lost MS) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 99 Ðone man, þe se cyning wile wurðian mid his gife, man sceal..lętan hine ridan on þæs cyninges radhorse.

?a1300 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Digby) xliv, in Anglia (1881) 4 199 (MED) Sher asse and shrap asse, ne bringest þou nevere asse to gode rodehorse.

1424 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 58 (MED) Þe remenaunt of my rode horses I wul be departyd betwene my wyfe and my son Thomas.

1432 Bailiff's Acct., Grantchester in Middle Eng. Dict. at Rode Item, ij c of horchon new mad be the same John for rode hors & Cart hors..Summa xvj s.

1547 Ancaster MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 455 The holl nomber of road horses and geldinges, as well ambelinge as trottinge.

1581 N. Woodes Conflict of Conscience Prol. sig. Aij The good road horsse, if still at racke he stande, To resty Iade will soone transformed be.

2. A horse suitable for use on roads, in later use typically one capable of speed when pulling a light carriage; a roadster (roadster n. 2a).

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for riding > in particular place (miscellaneous) > on the road

road horse1735

roadsterc1760

roader1824

1735 H. Bracken in W. Burdon Gentleman's Pocket-farrier (new ed.) 62 What will clean the Body, keep the Legs from swelling and stiffness..is as necessary for a Road Horse, as a running Horse.

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 118 In a Hunter or Road Horse, a Star and Snip makes them look more lightsome.

1791 R. Beilby Gen. Hist. Quadrupeds (ed. 2) 10 The Old English Road-Horse was strong, vigorous, and active, and capable of enduring great hardship.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. iv. 73 He had three horses of his own, but not one that would carry a woman. Two of them were hunters, the third, a useful road-horse .

1890 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 517/1 In a sense, every horse driven by the owner for pleasure is a road horse.

1897 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 4 Jan. 2/2 Some of the owners of fast road-horses.

1949 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geogr. 39 269 It was almost inevitable that speed trials should become an accepted practice whereby fair judges might measure the excellence of a road horse.

2007 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times Free Press (Nexis) 27 May b2 The show also features speed horses or what are called road horses. ‘In the horse and buggy days, they were the type of horses a doctor might have,’ Mr. Peel said.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	road horse
释义	road horsen. Brit. /ˈrəʊd hɔːs/, U.S. /ˈroʊd ˌ(h)ɔrs/ Forms: Old English radhors, Middle English rodehors, Middle English rodehorse, Middle English roodehors, 1500s road horsse, 1500s 1700s– road horse. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German reitros < the Germanic base of Old English rād riding (see road n.) + the Germanic base of horse n. Compare Old Icelandic reiðhestr. †1. A horse suitable for riding. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for riding road horseOE hackney1299 rouncyc1300 mounturec1400 hackney horse1473 steed1597 Galloway1598 roussin1602 naggon1630 saddle horse1647 sit-horse?1652 rider1698 saddle mare1707 hack1737 hack horse1760 ride1787 Bucephalus1799 steed-horse1842 mount1856 saddler1888 saddle seat1895 OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Esther (transcript of lost MS) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 99 Ðone man, þe se cyning wile wurðian mid his gife, man sceal..lętan hine ridan on þæs cyninges radhorse. ?a1300 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Digby) xliv, in Anglia (1881) 4 199 (MED) Sher asse and shrap asse, ne bringest þou nevere asse to gode rodehorse. 1424 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 58 (MED) Þe remenaunt of my rode horses I wul be departyd betwene my wyfe and my son Thomas. 1432 Bailiff's Acct., Grantchester in Middle Eng. Dict. at Rode Item, ij c of horchon new mad be the same John for rode hors & Cart hors..Summa xvj s. 1547 Ancaster MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 455 The holl nomber of road horses and geldinges, as well ambelinge as trottinge. 1581 N. Woodes Conflict of Conscience Prol. sig. Aij The good road horsse, if still at racke he stande, To resty Iade will soone transformed be. 2. A horse suitable for use on roads, in later use typically one capable of speed when pulling a light carriage; a roadster (roadster n. 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for riding > in particular place (miscellaneous) > on the road road horse1735 roadsterc1760 roader1824 1735 H. Bracken in W. Burdon Gentleman's Pocket-farrier (new ed.) 62 What will clean the Body, keep the Legs from swelling and stiffness..is as necessary for a Road Horse, as a running Horse. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 118 In a Hunter or Road Horse, a Star and Snip makes them look more lightsome. 1791 R. Beilby Gen. Hist. Quadrupeds (ed. 2) 10 The Old English Road-Horse was strong, vigorous, and active, and capable of enduring great hardship. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. iv. 73 He had three horses of his own, but not one that would carry a woman. Two of them were hunters, the third, a useful road-horse . View more context for this quotation 1890 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 517/1 In a sense, every horse driven by the owner for pleasure is a road horse. 1897 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 4 Jan. 2/2 Some of the owners of fast road-horses. 1949 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geogr. 39 269 It was almost inevitable that speed trials should become an accepted practice whereby fair judges might measure the excellence of a road horse. 2007 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times Free Press (Nexis) 27 May b2 The show also features speed horses or what are called road horses. ‘In the horse and buggy days, they were the type of horses a doctor might have,’ Mr. Peel said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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