Brumby

Quick meaning: Brumby is a noun meaning (Australia) A wild or feral horse.

Meaning

(Australia) A wild or feral horse.

Example Sentences

"It could mean one of two things," he said. "Either that help is coming, or that a herd of wild brumbies is passing somewhere near."

He captures brumbies, the wild horses of the outback, running them down on motorcycles and shipping them to the city where they are butchered for pet food.

I'm too weak to ride. I'd have to ride, because for one thing the white-ants have eaten the wheels of my buckboard, and my one cart-horse has gone bush with the brumbies.

Harry Farquharson said there were two or three springs and that the horses were “bloody wild”. He said there were probably about 300 and they were good horses, a long way above the average brumby.

Word Forms

• brumbies

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bronco, broomtail, yarraman, jumbuck, broncho, breakaway.

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