horsecloth
Americannoun
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horsecloths
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Origin of horsecloth
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Then he bestowed on his grandfather one half of the sundered horsecloth.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
Darfour hugged the horsecloth in ecstasy that he should never again be cold at night.
From Letters from Egypt by Janet Ross
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
Going towards the stable, he met the white-legged chestnut, Mahotin's Gladiator, being led to the race-course in a blue forage horsecloth, with what looked like huge ears edged with blue.
From Anna Karenina by Constance Garnett
She slipped into bed and drew the horsecloth over her ears.
From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George
In front of him walked Kutuzov's groom leading horses in horsecloths.
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
On receiving his command, the servants hastened to the waggon, hewed asunder the stout ropes with their swords, removed the thick wolf-skins and horsecloths, and drew forth the flasks and casks.
From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
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
It was heavily laden, covered with horsecloths and strong wolf-skins, and firmly bound with tightly drawn tarred ropes.
From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
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