Definition of Horse-race

1. Verb. Compete in a horse race.

Generic synonyms: Race, Run
Specialized synonyms: Jockey

Definition of Horse-race

1. Noun. (form of Attributive form horse race) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Horse-race

horse-drawn vehicle
horse-drench
horse-drenches
horse-head
horse-hockey
horse-jockey
horse-jockeys
horse-leech
horse-leechery
horse-leeches
horse-like
horse-opera
horse-pistol
horse-power
horse-race (current term)
horse-radish
horse-stinger
horse-stingers
horse-trade
horse-trader
horse-trading
horse-trail
horse-whispering
horse and cart
horse and rabbit stew
horse archer
horse archers
horse around
horse balm

Literary usage of Horse-race

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1849)
"19, a horse race for money given by third persons, by way of prize, ... A horse race for a sweepstakes of 21. each is not within the 2nd section of the 9 ..."

2. Daniel Defoe: His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings ; Extending from by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"A Horse Race.—On Saturday last one Walker, a Poulterer, robbed a Gentleman in his chaise (who had with him his wife) near the Green Man ..."

3. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"It was urged upon us in the argument that the betting here being on the event of a horse-race, it could not be considered as wagering on a game of chance, ..."

4. A Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third Volumes by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening, John A. Dunlap, Edward Duncan Ingraham, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1851)
"... a certain at a horse- race was intended, and then shortly about to be run, at a certain place race (c). called , in the county of , by and between a ..."

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