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horse-furniture

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The trappings of a horse, including saddle, bridle, etc.; the housings, caparison, and (if an armored war-horse) bards or armor.

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Examples

  • I am giving away my old horses, and anybody is welcome to my saddles and horse-furniture.

    An Autobiography 2004

  • If she also relieved the noble animal of his heavy saddle and horse-furniture, gave him water as well as corn, and shook down the dry furze for his bed, she must have had the courage and skill of a feminine Rarey; and we fear her dress of faded silk came out of the stable in a very dilapidated condition.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 Various

  • "This horse-furniture is absolutely unsuitable to you; your age is an obstacle to the use of it."

    Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers

  • The fact is, as I afterwards found out, the rogue had already taken possession of my property, which consisted of clothes, trunks, bedding, horse-furniture, pipes, etc., having himself been the cause of denouncing me to the Shah.

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • He waved his hand toward a ring fastened on a tree, and a lance and horse-furniture leaning against the trunk.

    Days of the Discoverers L. Lamprey 1910

  • Prince John, ` ` or I will have thy swarthy hide stript off, and tanned for horse-furniture. ''

    Ivanhoe 1892

  • When the trumpet-major, half buried in his uniform, arms, and horse-furniture, drew near to the spot where the Lovedays were waiting to see him pass, his father turned anxiously to

    The Trumpet-Major Thomas Hardy 1884

  • I am giving away my old horses, and anybody is welcome to my saddles and horse-furniture.

    Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1883

  • “Of course there must be the necessary horse-furniture,” said Lady Eustace, retiring to the castle.

    The Eustace Diamonds 1873

  • "Of course there must be the necessary horse-furniture," said Lady Eustace, retiring to the castle.

    The Eustace Diamonds Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1872

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