wooden+horse
81Padstow Hobby Horse — This north Cornwall village has a day long custom to celebrate the coming of May, with a *hobby horse who dances in the streets while its attendants sing: Unite and unite and let us all unite For summer is acome unto day And whither we are… …
82Trojan Horse — ► NOUN ▪ something intended to undermine or secretly overthrow an enemy or opponent. ORIGIN from the hollow wooden statue of a horse in which the ancient Greeks are said to have concealed themselves in order to enter Troy …
83Dead horse — Dead Dead (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[ a]d; akin to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.] 1. Deprived of life;… …
84one-horse shay — ▪ carriage also called cheer (for chair) , or whisky (because its light weight enabled it to whisk about) open two wheeled vehicle that was the American adaptation of the French chaise. Its chairlike body, seating the passengers on one… …
85Trojan Horse — noun something intended to undermine or secretly overthrow an enemy or opponent. ↘a program designed to breach the security of a computer system while ostensibly performing an innocuous function. Origin from the hollow wooden statue of a horse in …
86saddle horse — noun 1》 a wooden frame or stand on which saddles are cleaned or stored. 2》 chiefly N. Amer. a horse kept for riding only …
87vaulting horse — ► NOUN ▪ a padded wooden block used for vaulting over by gymnasts and athletes …
88clothes horse — n. metal or wooden rack used for drying or hanging clothes; (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably …
89vaulting horse — noun a padded wooden block used for vaulting over by gymnasts and athletes …
90vaulting horse — noun (C) BrE a large wooden box used for jumping over in gymnastics …
