ahorse

[ uh-hawrs ]

adjective

1. on horseback:

   to escape ahorse.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ahorse¹

First recorded in 1855–60; a- ¹ + horse

Example Sentences

They're ahorse, and they should arrive in three hours and you can't possibly escape.

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It had gone from bad to worse since then, and travelling on it these days either ahorse or afoot had become very unpleasant.

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From every side, there was the sound of an arrival of men, both on foot and ahorse.

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He then said that he could not very well give me ahorse, "with saddle and bridle also."

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Need it be said that Kenneth Montagu was ahorse and after the coach within a few minutes.

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