horsehood

English

Etymology

horse +‎ -hood

Noun

horsehood (uncountable)

1. the state or quality of being a horse
   • 1916, G.K. Chesterton, The Crimes of England‎^[1]:

     Why should that singing horse commonly called the nightingale, or that climbing horse hitherto known as the cat, fall down and worship you because of your horsehood?

   • 1889, Grant Allen, Falling in Love‎^[2]:

     He was still in the intermediate stage between horse and donkey, a natural mule still struggling up aspiringly toward perfect horsehood.

2. A piece of horsewear that covers the head of the horse, often also its neck and shoulders.

Translations

state or quality

• Finnish: hevosuus

piece of horsewear

• Finnish: hevosen huppu