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Meaning of stone-horse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A stallion.

obsolete

Examples

“'tis no ſmall Advantage to keep a Team of Mares for Breed: But where there is moſt Arable, and little Paſture-Land, Stone-Horses or Geldings are more neceſſary”
“[…] three things ought always to be kept under: a mastiff dog, a stone horse and a clown; and really I think a snarling, cross-grained clown to be the most unlucky beast of three.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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