white horse
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noun
a white-topped wave; whitecap.
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Origin of white horse
First recorded in 1640–50
Other definitions for white horse (2 of 2)
Whitehorse
[ hwahyt-hawrs, wahyt- ]
/ ˈʰwaɪtˌhɔrs, ˈwaɪt- /
noun
a town in and the capital of the Yukon Territory, in NW Canada.
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British Dictionary definitions for white horse (1 of 2)
white horse
noun
the outline of a horse carved into the side of a chalk hill, usually dating to the Neolithic, Bronze, or Iron Ages, such as that at Uffington, Berkshire
(usually plural) a wave with a white broken crest
British Dictionary definitions for white horse (2 of 2)
Whitehorse
/ (ˈwaɪtˌhɔːs) /
noun
a town in NW Canada: capital of the Yukon Territory. Pop: 16 843 (2001)
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