1. Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
   "The horse galloped across the meadow";
   - Equus caballus, hoss [US, informal]
    
2. A padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
   "The athlete vaulted over the gymnastic horse with impressive height";
   - gymnastic horse
    
3. (chess) a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
   "She captured her opponent's horse with her bishop";
   - knight
    
4. A framework for holding wood that is being sawed
   "He set up the horse in the garage to cut the lumber";
   - sawhorse, sawbuck [N. Amer], buck
    
5. (military) troops trained to fight on horseback
   "500 horse led the attack"; "The horse cavalry charged across the battlefield";
   - cavalry, horse cavalry

1. Provide with a horse or horses
   "The cavalry unit was horsed with fresh mounts"

Sounds like: hoops, whoorse, ho

Derived forms: horsing, horsed, horses

Type of: cater, chess piece, chessman, equid, equine, exerciser, frame, framework, gymnastic apparatus, military personnel, provide, put up, soldiery, supply, troops

Part of: Equus, genus Equus

Encyclopedia: Horse, Michael