Ahorse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈhɔːs/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Ahorse is an adverb meaning (archaic) On the back of a horse; on horseback.
Meaning
(archaic) On the back of a horse; on horseback.
Example Sentences
He managed to escape ahorse.
the right to proceed in peace, by whatever means he and his people saw fit, afoot or ahorse
Two Romans ahorse were circling about four dismounted Cimbri, who stood back to back and glared.
1817, Maria Edgworth, Ormond, Chapter 4, in Harrington, and Ormond, Tales, London: R. Hunter, Volume 2, p. 85, “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.”
Synonyms for ahorse
Depending on context, synonyms include horseback, ahorseback.
Antonyms for ahorse
Common opposites include unable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ahorseback, moving, horseback, a-cock-horse, aboard, assback.
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