Wooden Horse

American  

noun

1. Trojan horse.

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Wooden Horse British  

noun

1. another name for the Trojan Horse

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Etymology

Origin of Wooden Horse

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

In the Wooden Horse escape, in which a tunnel was dug underneath a vaulting horse, he was one of the organising committee.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

During that time, he helped in escape attempts immortalised in the films, The Wooden Horse and the Great Escape.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2022

Wooden Horse, tribute to the band Crosby, Stills & Nash.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2016

Eric Williams' The Wooden Horse and Paul Brickhill's The Great Escape were both rattling good stories of daring British breaks from the same German P.W. camp.

From Time Magazine Archive

To their minds, punishment had come upon Laocoön for his words against the Wooden Horse.

From Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew by Peabody, Josephine Preston