A small or middle-sized horse; an ambling or pacing horse; a pony. Now Historical, archaic, or dialect.
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释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > defined by size > small (22) hobbyc1400 A small or middle-sized horse; an ambling or pacing horse; a pony. Now Historical, archaic, or dialect. tit1548 A small horse, a horse that is not fully grown; (in later use) any horse; a nag. Now English regional. Galloway1598 One of a small but strong breed of horses peculiar to Galloway; hence a small-sized horse, esp. for riding. Also Galloway-mare, Galloway-nag. hobby-horse1598 A kind of horse: = hobby, n.1 1. Obsolete. bidet1631 A small horse. pony1659 Originally Scottish. A small horse of any breed; spec. one not over a certain height (now usually 14.2 hands). runt1725 An undersized or otherwise inferior horse. criollo1894 Usually in form Criollo. A small sturdy breed of horse developed in South America, esp. Argentina, from wild horses of Spanish ancestry; a horse of… cuddyc1930 A (small) horse. Chiefly dialect and Australian. Subcategories:— pony (13) |
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