Meaning of forehorse | Babel Free

Definitions

The foremost horse in a team of horses; a lead horse

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.”

“Scarcely had they passed the spot where I rested, when some one leaped from beneath the hedge, and seized the head of the forehorses. Another called upon the coachman to stop⟳, and threatened him with instant death if he disobeyed.”

“On the forehorses rode two chariot men; and on the four others, four henchmen in black gowns.”

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