war-steedn.
/ˈwɔːstiːd/, U.S. /ˈwɔrˌstid/ poetic.figurative.1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur viii. xxx Beorn, the bold son of Sweyn, the Göthland king, Whose ocean war-steeds on the Baltic deeps Range their blue pasture.
= warhorse n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in war or charger
courserc1300
destrierc1300
high horsec1380
courierc1400
light horse?1473
stirring horse1477
horse of service1577
warhorse1586
trooper1640
dragooner1642
charging-horse1695
troop-gelding1702
charger1762
war-steed1776
troop-horse1859
1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad x. 453 Here the proud war-steed glories in his force.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 38 No rude sound shall reach thine ear, Armour's clang, or war-steed champing.
1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein III. ix. 240 Don your harness..—mount your war-steed—cry, René for Provence!
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 2 Mortal men, Tamers of war-steeds.
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