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Definition of Dishorse
1. v. t. To dismount.
Definition of Dishorse
1. Verb. (archaic intransitive) To dismount from a horse. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To unseat from a horse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dishorse
1. to make someone fall from a horse [v DISHORSED, DISHORSING, DISHORSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dishorse
Literary usage of Dishorse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Digest of the Election Laws of Pennsylvania: And an Index to the Same (1916)
"... and dishorse all Moneys for Election Expenses. 7. ... to receive, keep and
dishorse all snms of money which may he collected or received hy snch ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"3. To put away, as out of consideration: spec, scout. dismount, v. 1.1. See DISPLACE,
DISLODGE. 2. Spec, unhorse, dishorse. disobedience, ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... doth skorne) Who sees the poore still wronged to t»e worse, Yet stayes renenge
till he it list dishorse : Wist they what were to ..."
4. Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, in Miniature: With Many by Samuel Johnson (1820)
"... ea to drire ont, to eject, to hanish Eape'nd, ea to lay ont, dishorse, spend
Eapen'ditore,c. money ..."
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