noun
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horses collectively
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the flesh of a horse, esp edible horse meat
Etymology
Origin of horseflesh
Example Sentences
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In the chaotic tangle of dust, horseflesh and steel, finding an unexpected advantage was not difficult for those unyoked from scruple.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024
Thanks to an eighth century papal order forbidding the consumption of horseflesh, horse bones rarely appear in medieval trash pits packed with cow, sheep, goat, and chicken bones.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 21, 2024
But trains, those huge cars carrying hundreds of times more weight than horseflesh can, beckoned felons from the highways to the railroad tracks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
Sure, he’s a maître d’ in Harrisburg and she seems to have developed a taste for horseflesh, but they’re together.
From Slate ● May 12, 2020
The air was rich with the scents of earth and grass, mixed with the smell of horseflesh and Dany's sweat and the oil in her hair.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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