ahorse - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈhɔːs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈhɔɹs/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
ahorse (not comparable)
- (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.”
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.