ahorse

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English

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ horse.

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ahorse (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) On the back of a horse; on horseback.
    He managed to escape ahorse.
    • 1817, Maria Edgworth, Ormond, Chapter 4, in Harrington, and Ormond, Tales, London: R. Hunter, Volume 2, p. 85,[1]
      “By all that’s princely,” cried he, “then, that young Harry Ormond was intended for a prince, he sits a horse so like myself; and that horse requires a master hand to manage him.”
    • 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury[2], New York: Vintage, published 1956, page 404:
      the right to proceed in peace, by whatever means he and his people saw fit, afoot or ahorse
    • 1960, Poul Anderson, chapter 2, in The Golden Slave,[3], New York: Avon:
      Two Romans ahorse were circling about four dismounted Cimbri, who stood back to back and glared.

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