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Definition of Crow-bait
1. Noun. An emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crow-bait
Literary usage of Crow-bait
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Innocents Abroad, Or, The New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain (1879)
"... we met half a dozen Digger Indians (Bedouins) with very long spears in their
hands, cavorting around on old crow- bait horses, and spearing imaginary ..."
2. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"Such a collection of crow's bait the eye of man never saw. Solomon's song of the
war-horse was the most bitter satire ever conceived. ..."
3. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"We went about ten miles in this way, when my old crow-bait gave out and wouldn't
go any further. She wouldn't trust me afoot, and so had to give np her own ..."
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