Dictionary

horsehood en · NOUN

Etymology

From horse + -hood.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) the state or quality of being a horse
   • He was still in the intermediate stage between horse and donkey, a natural mule still struggling up aspiringly toward perfect horsehood. 1889, Grant Allen, Falling in Love:
   • Why should that singing horse commonly called the nightingale, or that climbing horse hitherto known as the cat, fall down and worship you because of your horsehood? 1916, G.K. Chesterton, The Crimes of England:
2. (uncountable) A piece of horsewear that covers the head of the horse, often also its neck and shoulders.

Translations (2)

fi hevosen huppu (piece of horsewear) · fi hevosuus (state or quality)