longe

American  

[luhnj, lonj] / lʌndʒ, lɒndʒ /

noun

• longes
  plural

1. a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.

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verb (used with object)

longed, longeing

1. to train or exercise (a horse) by use of a longe.

longe British  

/ lʌndʒ, lɒndʒ /

noun

1. an older variant of lunge 2

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• longes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of longe

< French, Old French: noun use of longe (adj.) < Latin longa, feminine of longus long ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

longe longes longed longeing

Live Text is no longe exclusive to M1-devices in Apple’s fourth beta.

From The Verge ● Jul. 27, 2021

In 1615, Nicholas Withington, one of the earliest English travellers in India, wrote that water from the Ganges “will never stinke, though kepte never so longe, neyther will anye wormes or vermine breede therein.”

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 18, 2016

A motion which declares "that the Royal Family is no longe necessary as part of the British Constitution" was laughed out.

From Time Magazine Archive

De longe = Long ago, long since, for a long time.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox

For I am assured ere it be longe, to cause hir to come vnto you, and then you shall see whether, my diligence shall aunswere the effect of myne attempt.”

From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by William Painter

Well, I been gwine in comp'ny wit dat ooman fu' de longes'.

From The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Monymon weneþ     þat he wene ne þarf. longes lyues.     ac him lyeþ þe wrench.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall

An' when it commence to bile, I put dese here knees down on de flo' befo' de fire an' stir dat coffee for de longes'.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

Dey stayed on our place for de longes'.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

Examples are longes, 396, leues, 1781, haldes, 1382, fedes, 1693, bes, 1744, comes, 1767, glides, 1851, þarnes, 1913, haues, 1952, etes, 2036, dos, 1913; also eteth, 672, haueth, 804, bikenneth, 1269, doth, 1876, liþ, 673.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

In a self-published memoir, he recalled himself as a dreamy young man who longed to become a great writer and explore the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Her mother, Rachel Donovan, who looked after the baby while his parents were out on the evening of his death, told the court how she longed for "one more day with Atticus".

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

All those years that you longed to be loved, what if someone told you they did, and you never knew it?

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

Coronado longed for Beatríz and wondered if she had remained faithful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

I longed to hear Fred’s sneakers on the metal steps behind me, but I wasn’t ready to go down there alone.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

In longeing you should walk a circle inside the colt’s circle.

From Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding by George Greenwood

The ordinary English trainer thinks that a good mouth may be made in two weeks, by strapping a colt's reins to his surcingle for an hour or two daily, and by longeing with a cavesson.

From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Theodore Ayrault Dodge

The great use of longeing is, not that it supples your horse—it is a farce to suppose that—but that, next to leading, it is the easiest act of obedience which you can exact from him.

From Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding by George Greenwood