long horse

American  

noun

Gymnastics.

1. vaulting horse.

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Etymology

Origin of long horse

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

We had a long horse scene to do together once, and I recommended him wearing women’s silk stockings to avoid chafing and he nodded his head as a thank you.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2020

For so long, horse racing has been waiting to exhale.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2015

He's a big, long horse, and he doesn't ride anything like a sprinter.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2010

He works out as much as four hours a day�on the trampoline, the long horse and the flying rings, lifts weights, does isometric exercises.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had fixed long horse hairs to some of the crockery, and placed wires under others, by which she could throw them down without touching them.

From Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Scott, Walter, Sir