white horse

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noun
  1. a white-topped wave; whitecap.

Origin of white horse

1
First recorded in 1640–50

Other definitions for Whitehorse (2 of 2)

Whitehorse
[ hwahyt-hawrs, wahyt- ]

noun
  1. a town in and the capital of the Yukon Territory, in NW Canada.

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How to use white horse in a sentence

  • On the flats around the Whitehorse Rapids was a great largess of wild flowers.

    The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
  • The little room was papered with a design of wild roses that minded me of the Whitehorse Rapids.

    The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
  • We left our outfit here and began the journey down to Dawson, we had to shoot the far famed Whitehorse rapids.

    Black Beaver | James Campbell Lewis
  • For there, about two hundred yards away, were the dreaded Whitehorse Rapids.

    The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
  • The eagle over at Whitehorse ranch had fought the cat most terrible.

British Dictionary definitions for white horse (1 of 2)

white horse

noun
  1. the outline of a horse carved into the side of a chalk hill, usually dating to the Neolithic, Bronze, or Iron Ages, such as that at Uffington, Berkshire

  2. (usually plural) a wave with a white broken crest

British Dictionary definitions for Whitehorse (2 of 2)

Whitehorse

/ (ˈwaɪtˌhɔːs) /


noun
  1. a town in NW Canada: capital of the Yukon Territory. Pop: 16 843 (2001)

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