horse-mastershipn.
Skill in managing horses.
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horsemanship1566
hipponomy1618
hipparchy1631
horse-keeping1777
peonage1844
horse-mastership1904
stablecraft1931
1904 Westm. Gaz. 21 Sept. 10/1 Thereupon a trumpeter, who knew something about horse-mastership, instantly sounded the forage-call. Two minutes later every animal was standing quietly in its appointed place.
1925 E. O. Shebbeare in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 365 Unless any other member of the Expedition better fitted by his knowledge of horsemastership undertakes the care of the mess mules.
1927 Daily Tel. 26 Apr. 16/7 The Army in India Polo team..has undertaken a very difficult and interesting feat of horse-mastership. The problem to be solved is that of transporting a large stable of ponies from India to America.
1937 H. Belloc Crusade iii. 67 The rest of the work was foot-slogging and horsemastership.
1971 Country Life 30 Dec. 1829/3 The present upsurge of interest in all aspects of horsemanship and horsemastership.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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