steed
/stiːd
/noun archaic or literary
A horse being ridden or available for riding.Jockeys were usually wealthy men who at first owned their horses, and rode naked on bareback steeds....
- Three suitors had kissed it, mounted their red roan steeds and ridden away.
- Suddenly a king and his army galloped into town, mounted on powerful steeds.
Origin
Old English stēda 'stallion'; related to stud2.