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well(-)horsed, ppl. a.
Furnished with, mounted on, drawn by a good horse or horses.
1387Trevisa Higden VII. 359, I and þow be here allone, iliche wel i-horsed and i-wepened. c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. xvi. 2484 Twenty thousande men Weil armyt and weil horssit. 1470–85Malory Arthur i. x. 48 Vlfyus and Brastias..rode forth wel horsed and wel armed. a1533[see horsed 1]. 1656Cowley Pindar. Odes, To New Year ii, His well-horst Troops, the Months, and Days, and Hours. 1666Earl of Orrery St. Lett. (1742) 200 Nothing now being talked of but war, whoever has money will not spare it to be well horsed. 1884[see horsed 1 b]. 1899Scribner's Mag. XXV. 66/2 The smart and well-horsed army service wagon. 1901Scotsman 3 Apr. 8/2 The force was well-armed and well-horsed. |