Horsed
adj, verb
adj, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of horse form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Mounted on a horse. not-comparable
"horsed men"
Example
More examples"These, horsed astride / a surge's crest, rock pendent o'er the deep; / to those the wave's huge hollow, yawning wide, / lays bare the ground below; dark swells the sandy tide."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Equivalent to horse + -ed.
Etymology 2
From Middle English horsed, i-horsed, yhorsed, y-horsed, from Old English horsod, ġehorsod, past participle of Old English horsian, ġehorsian (“to horse”), equivalent to horse + -ed.
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