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ahorse

[ uh-hawrs ]

adjective

  1. on horseback:

    to escape ahorse.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of ahorse1

First recorded in 1855–60; a- 1 + horse
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Example Sentences

Tournaments began as rougher, less “gentlemanly” affairs in which competitors rode against each other with lances and then proceeded to fight with close-quarters weapons ahorse or on foot.

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When he was not ahorse, the only way to wear the thing was to wrap it around him several times, which made him look like a ball of striped fur.

He was still ahorse, dreaming of a long hot soak, a roast fowl, and a featherbed, when the king's steward told him that Grand Maester Pycelle had convened an urgent meeting of the small council.

The straggling procession was well worn out by two days of long, hard marching afoot and ahorse, and most of the animals were foot-sore.

From appearances, no one ahorse had left that gorge before by that route; probably no one would again.

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