Meaning of covering horse | Babel Free

Definitions

A stud horse; a stallion kept as a stud.

Examples

“That year he earned extra income by keeping a covering horse, which he hired out to a number⟳ of local farmers.”

“...he is now fat and looks as grand as a covering horse.”

“...but if any owner or keeper of a covering horse, shall wilfully or negligently suffer⟳ said horse to run⟳ at large, out of the inclosed lands of said owner or keeper, any person may take⟳ up said horse, and carry⟳ him to his owner or keeper, for which he shall receive⟳ two dollars...”

“33. Sec. V. There shall be annually levied and collected upon all stallions or covering horses, let⟳ to mares for hire⟳, a tax equal to the season, or price of one mare let⟳ to such stallion or covering horse.”

“The pedigree of Florizel, on the side of his dam, I have⟳ often seen, when he was a covering horse, but have⟳ no recollection of it.”

“...and I would as soon this day enter⟳ it in a stake of from one to five hundred dollars each, as to select⟳ from the season of any covering horse, no matter⟳ how many mares he had put⟳ to him.”

“"It is," says the record⟳, "ordered, that there be levied a county revenue for the year A. D. 1830, on each horse, mule or ass over three years old, 31¼ cents; each covering horse, $2; on each work⟳ oxen, 15¾ cents; each pleasure carriage, 50 cents; on each brass clock, 50 cents; on each watch⟳, 25 cents...”

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