ahorse
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈhɔːs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈhɔɹs/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
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Adverb edit
ahorse (not comparable)
- (archaic) On the back of a horse; on horseback.
- He managed to escape ahorse.
- 1817, Maria Edgworth, Ormond, Chapter 4, in Harrington, and Ormond, Tales, London: R. Hunter, Volume 2, p. 85,[1]
- “By all that’s princely,” cried he, “then, that young Harry Ormond was intended for a prince, he sits a horse so like myself; and that horse requires a master hand to manage him.”
- 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury[2], New York: Vintage, published 1956, page 404:
- the right to proceed in peace, by whatever means he and his people saw fit, afoot or ahorse
- 1960, Poul Anderson, chapter 2, in The Golden Slave,[3], New York: Avon:
- Two Romans ahorse were circling about four dismounted Cimbri, who stood back to back and glared.
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Translations edit
on the back of a horse — see horseback