horsecloth

American  

[hawrs-klawth, -kloth] / ˈhɔrsˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /

noun

plural

horsecloths

1. a cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.

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Etymology

Origin of horsecloth

First recorded in 1520–30; horse + cloth

Example Sentences

So he, seeing that he might not rid himself of his father save by the granting of a gift, and being desirous above all that he should part, bade his son to fetch this horsecloth.

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She slipped into bed and drew the horsecloth over her ears.

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Then the man forming the hinder part of the carnival steed sprang quickly forth from beneath the horsecloth.

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The stranger waited, though rather impatiently, till Bennet reappeared, leading a rough Dunsmoor pony, with a horsecloth tied round it, on which he mounted without saddle.

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I was tempted at last to take the horsecloth off my shoulders, and to wrap my feet up in it, but all was of no use.

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