horsecloth
Americannoun
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horsecloths
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Etymology
Origin of horsecloth
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Then the man forming the hinder part of the carnival steed sprang quickly forth from beneath the horsecloth.
From Pretty Michal by Mór Jókai
She slipped into bed and drew the horsecloth over her ears.
From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George
Betty drew her down beside her under the horsecloth and threw her arms round her; Victoria's body was cold as ice.
From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George
When the cold nipped too close into her she would get up and wrap herself in the horsecloth and read with savage application, rushing to the core of the thought.
From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George
He fell from exhaustion, and we made a litter with two poles and a horsecloth to carry him home.
From The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker
He said he would not have been taken, it was not his fault but the corporal's who had sent him to seize some horsecloths, though he had told him the Russians were there.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
In front of him walked Kutuzov's groom leading horses in horsecloths.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
Behind them along the narrow, sodden, cutup forest road came hussars in threes and fours, and then Cossacks: some in felt cloaks, some in French greatcoats, and some with horsecloths over their heads.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
We saw in the shops many articles, such as horsecloths, belts, and garters, woven by the Indian women.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
Then there was the paddock, a small course some hundred meters in circumference, where a stable help was walking about Valerio II in his horsecloths.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola
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