ahorse

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ horse.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈhɔːs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈhɔɹs/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s

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Adverb

ahorse (not comparable)

1. (archaic) On the back of a horse; on horseback.

   He managed to escape ahorse.

   • 1817, Maria Edgworth, Ormond, Chapter 4, in Harrington, and Ormond, Tales, London: R. Hunter, Volume 2, p. 85,^[1]

     “By all that’s princely,” cried he, “then, that young Harry Ormond was intended for a prince, he sits a horse so like myself; and that horse requires a master hand to manage him.”

   • 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury‎^[2], New York: Vintage, published 1956, page 404:

     the right to proceed in peace, by whatever means he and his people saw fit, afoot or ahorse

   • 1960, Poul Anderson, chapter 2, in The Golden Slave,‎^[3], New York: Avon:

     Two Romans ahorse were circling about four dismounted Cimbri, who stood back to back and glared.

Synonyms

• horseback
• ahorseback

Translations

on the back of a horse — see horseback

Anagrams

• Hoares, ashore, hearos, hoarse, shoare