ahorse en · ADV
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors English horse English ahorse From a- + horse.
Meanings
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(archaic, not-comparable) On the back of a horse; on horseback.
1817, Maria Edgworth, Ormond, Chapter 4, in Harrington, and Ormond, Tales, London: R. Hunter, Volume 2, p. 85, “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.”
Two Romans ahorse were circling about four dismounted Cimbri, who stood back to back and glared.
1960, Poul Anderson, chapter 2, in The Golden Slave,, New York: Avon:He managed to escape ahorse.
the right to proceed in peace, by whatever means he and his people saw fit, afoot or ahorse
1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, New York: Vintage, published 1956, page 404: