Arabian horse

noun

1. one of a breed of horses, raised originally in Arabia and adjacent countries, noted for intelligence, grace, and speed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Arabian horse¹

First recorded in 1730–40

Example Sentences

George W. Bush infamously said to the former lawyer for the Arabian Horse Association, whom he had appointed to run FEMA, on his handling of the government’s disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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To do this, the robot creates a small plastic structure with a 3D printer, records its shape and size, moves it to a flat metal surface -- and then crushes it with a pressure equivalent to an adult Arabian horse standing on a quarter.

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Kahili, an Arabian horse, was at a kill pen in Texas when she was rescued.

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Posters in remembrance of 19-year-old Qusai Maatan, showing him astride his white Arabian horse, now surround a small roundabout in the village of Burqa, set among olive trees in the rolling hills north-east of Ramallah.

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Messi was supposed to be training alongside his teammates on Monday, but was instead in Saudi Arabia, holding a falcon on his arm, watching a palm-weaving demonstration and looking around the Arabian Horse Museum as part of his commercial contract with the kingdom to promote tourism there.

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