light horsen.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪt hɔːs/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪt ˌhɔrs/

Inflections: Plural light horses, unchanged.

Forms: see light adj.¹ and n.² and horse n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, horse n.

Etymology: < light adj.¹ + horse n.With sense 2a compare Middle French, French chevau-léger (1495; chiefly in plural chevau-légers ), and slightly later light horseman n. 1.

1. Originally: a fast, lightly-built horse ridden by cavalry soldiers or light horsemen (now historical). In later use also more generally: such a horse used primarily for riding or pulling light loads.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in war or charger

courserc1300

destrierc1300

high horsec1380

courierc1400

light horse?1473

stirring horse1477

horse of service1577

warhorse1586

trooper1640

dragooner1642

charging-horse1695

troop-gelding1702

charger1762

war-steed1776

troop-horse1859

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 288 His peple..wente wyth oute Armes to bataylle mounted vpon good light horses.

1642 Deep Sigh breath'd through White-hall sig. A2^v Nothing left but the bare Walls, and a cold Harth, from whence the Fire-irons are removed too, and as its thought converted into shoos for light Horses.

1786 F. Grose Mil. Antiq. (1801) I. 108 Sometimes archers were mounted on light horses.

1835 C. Howard Gen. View Agric. E. Riding Yorks. 4 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III It is very general to average full two acres per day,..with a pair of light horses in two yokings of five hours each.

1894 W. C. A. Blew et al. Light Horses (ed. 2) xi. 210 Navicular disease is almost entirely confined to light horses, and is the most serious, and also one of the most frequent causes of all lamenesses.

1972 Jrnl. Environmental Health 35 181/1 The number of light horses (saddle and race) is increasing because of higher demand for animals for sport and vacation use.

2019 Sc. Farmer (Nexis) Aug. The show benefited from a new layout this year..with the light horses having a nice flat area.

a. A lightly armed cavalry soldier; = light horseman n. 1. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed

hobblerc1308

prickera1350

genetorc1440

stradiotc1515

light horse1524

hussar1532

light horseman1544

demi-lancer1552

demi-lancea1556

estradiot1577

argoletier1579

argoletc1580

Cossack1587

jennet1676

hobbler-archer1786

1524 R. Pace Let. 5 Aug. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xi. 21 Hagbusheirs mynglied among our mentionid light Horses.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxiiij^v With.vi.M.archers, and.xiij. hundred light horsses.

1774 J. Ayloffe Acct. Some Eng. Hist. Paintings at Cowdry 12 First, light horses and demi-lances; then the guard, viz. twentfyfive archers on the right side and as many gunners on the left.

1925 Indiana Mag. Hist. 21 97 Colonel John Harden, with his sixty mounted infantry, and a troop of light horses under Captain McCoy, rode to the left.

2000 Encycl. Americana XX. 93/2 At the age of 15 he obtained from Francis I the captaincy of a troop of light horses [1964 light horse], and saw his first action at the siege of Lens (1552).

b. (A name for) a body of lightly armed cavalry; light horsemen collectively. With singular or plural agreement. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > cavalry > light cavalry

light horse1531

Light Dragoon1700

1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Chron. Scotl. (1938) I. iv. ix. 158 Than followit continewall skarmusingis with lycht hors, but ony grete slauchter.

1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 110/2 The light horse disembarked at Portsmouth, and marched to the quarters allotted them.

1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) IV. xx. 462 Three regiments of infantry with one of light-horse from Ireland.

1915 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Oct. 620/2 When the war began he received a commission as Captain in the Australian A.M.C., and accompanied the Australian Light Horse to Egypt.

2012 Army Hist. No. 85. 31/2 The Field Force was to have a very high proportion of mounted troops with six of the nine brigades arranged to be made up of light horse.

c. Among the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muskogee, and Seminole people: (a name for) a body of mounted law enforcement officers. Cf. light horseman n. 1b. With singular or plural agreement. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1808 in Laws of Cherokee Nation (1821) 21 There shall be regulating parties or light horse, to be employed in this Nation.

1820 in J. Morse Rep. to Secretary of War on Indian Affairs (1822) App. 172 One company of light horse to accompany each Circuit Judge on his official duties in his respective districts.

1891 H. F. O'Beirne Leaders Indian Territory 151/1 Cornelius was appointed Captain of the Choctaw Light Horse in 1884.

1901 Muskogee (Indian Territory) Phoenix 28 Feb. 1/5 Our light horse were armed with pistols and Winchesters for the purpose of carrying into effect said order.

2007 T. Perdu & M. D. Green Cherokee Nation & Trail of Tears ii. 36 The vast majority of Cherokees followed old lines of descent and had little personal property for the Light Horse to guard.

†3. A prostitute, a courtesan. Obsolete. rare.In quot. a1627 punning on the similarity between whores and horse.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute > courtesan

plover1304

pamphelet?a1513

nun?1518

courtesan1549

musk cat?1567

stallion?1578

maiden of joy1585

miniard1598

quail1609

guinea-hena1616

light horsea1627

lady of pleasure1652

lorette1865

oiran1871

a1627 T. Middleton Witch (1945) v. i. 1857 An. Florida. Gas. She; I know no other, Sir, You were neu'r at charge yet, but with one Light-horse.

Compounds

General use as a modifier, as in light horse regiment, light horse skirmish, etc.

ΚΠ

1597 E. Hoby tr. B. de Mendoza Theorique & Practise Warre 32 Some carying light horse staues, leading staues, and Targuettes, & other with Pistolls, or long Petrionells.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1831) IV. xxii. 232 Cases..of close combat or light-horse skirmish.

1898 59th Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. 5 Books and Papers relating to the Light Horse Volunteers 1779–1831.

2011 P. Rees Desert Boys (2012) ii. 26 He got his orders to join the Light Horse regiments at Anzac Cove.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	light horse
释义	light horsen. Brit. /ˈlʌɪt hɔːs/, U.S. /ˈlaɪt ˌhɔrs/ Inflections: Plural light horses, unchanged. Forms: see light adj.¹ and n.² and horse n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, horse n. Etymology: < light adj.¹ + horse n.With sense 2a compare Middle French, French chevau-léger (1495; chiefly in plural chevau-légers ), and slightly later light horseman n. 1. 1. Originally: a fast, lightly-built horse ridden by cavalry soldiers or light horsemen (now historical). In later use also more generally: such a horse used primarily for riding or pulling light loads. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in war or charger courserc1300 destrierc1300 high horsec1380 courierc1400 light horse?1473 stirring horse1477 horse of service1577 warhorse1586 trooper1640 dragooner1642 charging-horse1695 troop-gelding1702 charger1762 war-steed1776 troop-horse1859 ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 288 His peple..wente wyth oute Armes to bataylle mounted vpon good light horses. 1642 Deep Sigh breath'd through White-hall sig. A2^v Nothing left but the bare Walls, and a cold Harth, from whence the Fire-irons are removed too, and as its thought converted into shoos for light Horses. 1786 F. Grose Mil. Antiq. (1801) I. 108 Sometimes archers were mounted on light horses. 1835 C. Howard Gen. View Agric. E. Riding Yorks. 4 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III It is very general to average full two acres per day,..with a pair of light horses in two yokings of five hours each. 1894 W. C. A. Blew et al. Light Horses (ed. 2) xi. 210 Navicular disease is almost entirely confined to light horses, and is the most serious, and also one of the most frequent causes of all lamenesses. 1972 Jrnl. Environmental Health 35 181/1 The number of light horses (saddle and race) is increasing because of higher demand for animals for sport and vacation use. 2019 Sc. Farmer (Nexis) Aug. The show benefited from a new layout this year..with the light horses having a nice flat area. 2. a. A lightly armed cavalry soldier; = light horseman n. 1. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed hobblerc1308 prickera1350 genetorc1440 stradiotc1515 light horse1524 hussar1532 light horseman1544 demi-lancer1552 demi-lancea1556 estradiot1577 argoletier1579 argoletc1580 Cossack1587 jennet1676 hobbler-archer1786 1524 R. Pace Let. 5 Aug. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xi. 21 Hagbusheirs mynglied among our mentionid light Horses. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxiiij^v With.vi.M.archers, and.xiij. hundred light horsses. 1774 J. Ayloffe Acct. Some Eng. Hist. Paintings at Cowdry 12 First, light horses and demi-lances; then the guard, viz. twentfyfive archers on the right side and as many gunners on the left. 1925 Indiana Mag. Hist. 21 97 Colonel John Harden, with his sixty mounted infantry, and a troop of light horses under Captain McCoy, rode to the left. 2000 Encycl. Americana XX. 93/2 At the age of 15 he obtained from Francis I the captaincy of a troop of light horses [1964 light horse], and saw his first action at the siege of Lens (1552). b. (A name for) a body of lightly armed cavalry; light horsemen collectively. With singular or plural agreement. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > cavalry > light cavalry light horse1531 Light Dragoon1700 1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Chron. Scotl. (1938) I. iv. ix. 158 Than followit continewall skarmusingis with lycht hors, but ony grete slauchter. 1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 110/2 The light horse disembarked at Portsmouth, and marched to the quarters allotted them. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) IV. xx. 462 Three regiments of infantry with one of light-horse from Ireland. 1915 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Oct. 620/2 When the war began he received a commission as Captain in the Australian A.M.C., and accompanied the Australian Light Horse to Egypt. 2012 Army Hist. No. 85. 31/2 The Field Force was to have a very high proportion of mounted troops with six of the nine brigades arranged to be made up of light horse. c. Among the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muskogee, and Seminole people: (a name for) a body of mounted law enforcement officers. Cf. light horseman n. 1b. With singular or plural agreement. Now historical. ΚΠ 1808 in Laws of Cherokee Nation (1821) 21 There shall be regulating parties or light horse, to be employed in this Nation. 1820 in J. Morse Rep. to Secretary of War on Indian Affairs (1822) App. 172 One company of light horse to accompany each Circuit Judge on his official duties in his respective districts. 1891 H. F. O'Beirne Leaders Indian Territory 151/1 Cornelius was appointed Captain of the Choctaw Light Horse in 1884. 1901 Muskogee (Indian Territory) Phoenix 28 Feb. 1/5 Our light horse were armed with pistols and Winchesters for the purpose of carrying into effect said order. 2007 T. Perdu & M. D. Green Cherokee Nation & Trail of Tears ii. 36 The vast majority of Cherokees followed old lines of descent and had little personal property for the Light Horse to guard. †3. A prostitute, a courtesan. Obsolete. rare.In quot. a1627 punning on the similarity between whores and horse. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute > courtesan plover1304 pamphelet?a1513 nun?1518 courtesan1549 musk cat?1567 stallion?1578 maiden of joy1585 miniard1598 quail1609 guinea-hena1616 light horsea1627 lady of pleasure1652 lorette1865 oiran1871 a1627 T. Middleton Witch (1945) v. i. 1857 An. Florida. Gas. She; I know no other, Sir, You were neu'r at charge yet, but with one Light-horse. Compounds General use as a modifier, as in light horse regiment, light horse skirmish, etc. ΚΠ 1597 E. Hoby tr. B. de Mendoza Theorique & Practise Warre 32 Some carying light horse staues, leading staues, and Targuettes, & other with Pistolls, or long Petrionells. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1831) IV. xxii. 232 Cases..of close combat or light-horse skirmish. 1898 59th Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. 5 Books and Papers relating to the Light Horse Volunteers 1779–1831. 2011 P. Rees Desert Boys (2012) ii. 26 He got his orders to join the Light Horse regiments at Anzac Cove. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.?1473
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