stone-horse

English

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Noun

stone-horse (plural stone-horses)

1. (obsolete) A stallion.
   • 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:

     'tis no ſmall Advantage to keep a Team of Mares for Breed: But where there is moſt Arable, and little Paſture-Land, Stone-Horses or Geldings are more neceſſary

   • 1700, Timothy Nourse, Campania Foelix, pages 15–16:

     […] three things ought always to be kept under: a mastiff dog, a stone horse and a clown; and really I think a snarling, cross-grained clown to be the most unlucky beast of three.

References

• “stone-horse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.