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Cheval 80 cheval
Clieval de sang, thoroughbred horse, (better)
blooded horse (not necessarily thoroughbred;
v. pur sang, with which de sang is
often taken synonymously);
de selle, saddle horse;
serre du derriere, horse whose hind legs are
too close together;
serre du devant, horse whose fore legs are
too close together, horse closed in front, knockkneed;
de somme, pack horse;
soupe de lait, cream-colored horse;
souris, mouse-colored horse;
sous la main, off or hand horse;
sous lui de derriere, horse whose hind legs
are too much under him;
sous lui du devant, horse that has his fore
le^s too much under him, horse over in the
knees, (sometimes, even) knee-sprung;
de sous verge, (art.) off horse;
de steeple chase, steeplechaser;
de suite, pack horse;
tailU d, coups de hache, horse the bones of
whose croup stand out, rawboned horse;
tartare, saddle horse, half wild, with some
Arab blood;
de tete, officer's horse;
en tete, horse with medium-sized white spot
on head;
fortement en- tete, horse with large white spot
on head;
en tete interrompu, horse with white spot on
head interrupted or broken by a colored spot
or place;
legerement en tete, horse with a more or
less considerable number of white hairs on
head;
marque en tete, horse with white markings
on head;
en tete prolonge, horse with- white marks or
spots coming down to chamfer;
tigre, spotted horse;
de timon, wheel-horse, wheeler;
tiqueur, horse given to some trick or habit,
as crib-biting, wind-sucking (term ordinarily
means crib-biting);
de tirage, draught horse;
tirant au renard, horse that pulls or hangs on
halter in stable, with a view to breaking it;
tisonne, branded gray horse, marked with
black spots;
tondeur de aux, horse-clipper;
tondeuse de
tail;
-^aux, horse-clipper;
ft tons crins, horse with flowing mane and
ft toutes mains, horse that may be driven or
ridden indifferently;
train de , horse's pace, rate;
train de derriere d'un , hind quarters of a
horse;
de trait, draught horse;
de gros trait lent, horse for heaviest draught;
de gros trait rapide, omnibus horse, expresswagon
horse, etc.;
de trait leger, cab-horse, etc.; (also) lightdraught
horse for artillery service, engineers,
etc.;
trapu, strong, thickset horse;
travail ft- , (cav.) mounted work, exercises, in
widest sense (not drill so much as equestrian
work pure and simple) ;
trop enleve, horse whose ribs do not come
down as low as the elbow;
trop fait en montant, horse of abnormally
high croup;
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trop ouvert du derriere, horse whose hind legs,
on the whole, are too wide apart;
de trot, trotter;
de troupe, (mil.) soldier's horse (subdivided
into de selle, for the cavalry, etc., and
de trait and de trait leger, for the artillery);
troop-horse;
truite , flea-bitten horse, trout-colored horse;
uni, horse that gallops smoothly, well-
. paced horse;
cheval vert au montoir, horse hard to mount;
vicieux, vicious, headstrong horse;
vif, high-spirited horse;
voiture pour dresser les aux, horse-break;
de voice, leader, lead horse;
zain, whole colored horse (total absence of
white hairs).
II. Cheval as the object of or qualifying a verb:
abattre un , to cast a horse;
acheminer un , to teach a (young) horse to
advance in a straight line;
achever un , to finish breaking a horse;
ajuster un , v. achever un ;
appuyer un , to passage a horse, to cause him
to move with shoulders and hind quarters on
parallel tracks;
arrondir un to break a , horse;
asseoir un to train a , horse; to throw him
well on his haunches;
asseoir un sur ses jambes, to train a horse to
gallop with his croup lower than his shoulders,
to execute airs de manege;
assouplir un , to give a horse a regular and
easy motion;
assurer la, bouche & un , to ride with a light
hand;
assurer un to make a horse , steady, i. e.,
train him to execute all movements with
accuracy;
attaquer un to , spur a horse, to use the
sput;
avertir un to , urge, encourage, a horse, to
gather him;
boucher un to look at a horse's , teeth to
determine his age;
brusquer un to start a horse , suddenly;
conduire un par la figure, to lead a horse by
the head;
couper un to , geld a horse;
deferrer un to remove the , shoes from a
horse;
depetrer un to free or , disentangle a horse
from harness;
donnerfeu & un to fire a , horse;
donner haleine & un to breathe a , horse, give
him his wind;
donner un point d'appui ft un to cause a
,
horse to bear on the hand while urging him
forward;
donner du talon ft un to , spur a horse;
dresser un , to train a horse;
enlever un to , urge a horse vigorously forward;
entratner un to train a horse for a , race;
envelopper un to , grasp or clasp a horse with
the legs (of the seat);
etre mal ft . to have a poor seat;
fa ire la toilette a un , to trim a horse;
faire parader un , to make a horse show off
his paces;
faire prendre le vert ft un to , put a horse on
green food, to put a horse out to grass;
faire quitter le vert & un to take a horse from
,
grass;
ferrer un to shoe a , horse;
flatter un to make much of a , horse;
franchir un to , jump over a horse;
gourmander un , to use a horse roughly with
the hand, to increase its severity;
lancer un , to urge a horse, to set him at
marcher b, to , ride;
mettre quelqu'un to,
, to teach one how to
ride;
mett'fj un au vert, to turn a horse out to
grass;
mettre un sur les dents, to override, founder
a horse;
monter d , to mount a horse, to ride;
monter ft sous quelqu'un, to learn to ride
from some one;
monter un , to ride;
monter un anu,& poll, to ride bareback;
outrer un , to override, to founder, a horse;
parcourir ft , to ride over;
piquer un , to prick a horse in shoeing, to
drive a nail into the quick; (hence) to lame a
horse; to spur a horse;