horsy

Definition

Of, relating to, or similar to horses.

Etymology

From horse + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German rössich (“horselike, equipped with a horse”).

Example Sentences

• "All the horses had been seized and sent to the front, but the whole place still smelt of horse-piss and rotten oats. I was at the barracks about a week. Chiefly I remember the horsy smells, the quavering bugle-calls […]"
• "Pirates, these women, with their ladylike briefcases for the loot and their horsy, acquisitive teeth."
• "Near-synonym: crude"