horsecloth
noun
horsecloths
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pluralof horsecloth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In front of him walked Kutuzov's groom leading horses in horsecloths.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
It was heavily laden, covered with horsecloths and strong wolf-skins, and firmly bound with tightly drawn tarred ropes.
From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
Behind them along the narrow, sodden, cutup forest road came hussars in threes and fours, and then Cossacks: some in felt cloaks, some in French greatcoats, and some with horsecloths over their heads.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
Then there was the paddock, a small course some hundred meters in circumference, where a stable help was walking about Valerio II in his horsecloths.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola
He said he would not have been taken, it was not his fault but the corporal's who had sent him to seize some horsecloths, though he had told him the Russians were there.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
