horse-whispering

English

Noun

horse-whispering (uncountable)

1. Any of various gentle techniques of training or breaking horses.
2. A purported magical ability enabling one to speak to horses or to have control over horses through whispering.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 215:

     A little known magic gift among the Irish and Scottish peoples was that of "horse-whispering" or charming, although this art is also known to the gipsies of Europe and in South America.