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

Tournaments began as rougher, less “gentlemanly” affairs in which competitors rode against each other with lances and then proceeded to fight with close-quarters weapons ahorse or on foot.

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When he was not ahorse, the only way to wear the thing was to wrap it around him several times, which made him look like a ball of striped fur.

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He was still ahorse, dreaming of a long hot soak, a roast fowl, and a featherbed, when the king's steward told him that Grand Maester Pycelle had convened an urgent meeting of the small council.

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The straggling procession was well worn out by two days of long, hard marching afoot and ahorse, and most of the animals were foot-sore.

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From appearances, no one ahorse had left that gorge before by that route; probably no one would again.

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