well(-)horsed, ppl. a.
Furnished with, mounted on, drawn by a good horse or horses.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden VII. 359, I and þow be here allone, iliche wel i-horsed and i-wepened. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xvi. 2484 Twenty thousande men Weil armyt and weil horssit. 1470–85 Malory Arthur i. x. 48 Vlfyus and Brastias..rode forth wel horsed and wel armed. a 1533 [see horsed 1]. 1656 Cowley Pindar. Odes, To New Year ii, His well-horst Troops, the Months, and Days, and Hours. 1666 Earl of Orrery St. Lett. (1742) 200 Nothing now being talked of but war, whoever has money will not spare it to be well horsed. 1884 [see horsed 1 b]. 1899 Scribner's Mag. XXV. 66/2 The smart and well-horsed army service wagon. 1901 Scotsman 3 Apr. 8/2 The force was well-armed and well-horsed. |