horselore

English

Etymology

From horse +‎ lore.

Noun

horselore (uncountable)

1. The folklore of horses; the knowledge of the behaviour of horses; the traditions of managing horses.
   • 1926, William John Locke, The Mountebank, Library of Alexandria, →ISBN:

     Bakkus came steeped in horselore and confidently prophetic.

   • 2014, Clive Thomas, Thursday's Child : Journeys Far and Wide in the Australian Outback, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN:

     The younger mares torment the oldest and attempt to drive them from the mob for some inexplicable horse-lore instinct; perhaps they were separated to protect them.

   • 2013, John Ashton, Curious Creatures in Zoology, Library of Alexandria, →ISBN:

     Topsell gives us some fine horselore, especially as to their love for their masters:— “Homer seemeth also to affirme that there are in Horsses divine qualityes, understanding things ...

   • 2010, William A. Owens, Three Friends: Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 117:

     This man knows horselore and loves the horse with that personal affection which begets understanding.

   • 2013, Suzanne Ruthven, Melusine Draco, Shaman Pathways - Black Horse, White Horse, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN:

     The Pattern Under the Plough and The Horse in the Furrow contain a treasure trove of horselore from East Anglia, and much of what is in the public domain today has been taken from these two books, even if the extracts have not been credited!