Forehorse
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The foremost horse in a team of horses; a lead horse
"But the principal difficulties of travel within the capital were those created by the sheer volume of the traffic. The city's regulations prohibiting the entry of ironshod vehicles and requiring draymen to lead their forehorses were ignored."
Example
More examples"But the principal difficulties of travel within the capital were those created by the sheer volume of the traffic. The city's regulations prohibiting the entry of ironshod vehicles and requiring draymen to lead their forehorses were ignored."
Etymology
From fore- + horse.
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