Chincoteague pony


Chincoteague pony

n. A small wild horse of a breed inhabiting Assateague Island. The horses on one end of the island are rounded up once a year to swim to Chincoteague Island, where some of them are sold.
[After Chincoteague Island.]

Chin′coteague po′ny


n. a wild pony found on islands off the Virginia coast, apparently from shipwrecked Moorish ponies.