Synonyms for equine

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ee-kwahyn, ek-wahyn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈi kwaɪn, ˈɛk waɪn

horse
roan

Définition of equine

Origin : 1765, from Latin equinus, from equus "horse," from PIE root *ekwo- "horse" (cf. Greek hippos, Old Irish ech, Old English eoh, Gothic aihwa-, Sanskrit açva-, Avestan aspa-, Old Church Slavonic ehu-, all meaning "horse").

noun hoofed mammal

Example sentences :

“Your horse wants to go on,” she said, observing this equine by-play.
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

He possessed six of these horses, each in its way a jewel in the equine crown.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

He cared for his equine friends with all his might, and he drove them in a similar manner.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

And poor Dandy, like an equine Tantalus, was robbed of the needed fluid.
Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King

Perhaps his luck was calculated to stir only equine risibility.
Extract from : « The Young Mountaineers » by Charles Egbert Craddock

Mrs. Rennes' hair was white and her long, equine countenance, sallow.
Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes

To this the equine replied by folding his hands one over the other with a saintly look.
Extract from : « Acadia » by Frederic S. Cozzens

Then came the horse-dealers with all the maimed, the halt, and the blind of equine Valladolid.
Extract from : « The American Egypt » by Channing Arnold

The equine man who moves his ears is not rarely to be met with.
Extract from : « Human Animals » by Frank Hamel

And truly, scarce could horse he better housed than was his equine majesty.
Extract from : « Mirk Abbey, Volume 1(of 3) » by James Payn

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