horseflesh
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Noun[edit]
horseflesh (uncountable)
- The flesh of a horse; horsemeat.
- 1870 December 10, “The Ombibus Dinner”, in Charles Dickens, Jun., editor, All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal., volume V, London: […] Messrs. Chapman and Hall, […], published 1871, page 43, column 1:
- Do they take to the cooking of horseflesh in ragoûts, emincés, and cheval à la mode without a tinge of disgust?
- Horses collectively, with reference to driving, riding, or racing.
- He is a good judge of horseflesh.
- Bahama mahogany, wood from species Lysiloma sabicu and Lysiloma latisiliquum.
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Adjective[edit]
horseflesh (comparative more horseflesh, superlative most horseflesh)
- Of the colour of horseflesh; of a peculiar reddish-brown hue.