Horse-Protestant, subs. (tailors’).—A churchman.
Horse-sense, subs. (American).—Sound and practical judgment.
1893. Lippincott, Mar., p. 260. A round bullet head, not very full of brains, perhaps, yet reputed to be fairly stocked with what is termed horse sense.
Horses-and-Mares. To play at horses-and-mares, verb. phr. (schoolboys’).—To copulate. For synonyms, see Greens and Ride.
Horse’s-head, subs. (cobblers’).—The boot-sole, heel, and what is left of the front after the back and part of the front have been used to fox (q.v.) other boots withal.
Horse-shoe, subs. (venery).—The female pudendum. [In German, Sie hat ein Hufeisen verloren (of women) = she has been seduced, i.e., she has lost a horse-shoe.]
Horse’s-meal, subs. (old).—Meat without drink.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Horse-sovereign, subs. (common).—A twenty-shilling piece with Pistrucci’s effigies of St. George and the Dragon.
1871. London Figaro, 26 Jan. A number of those coins, sometimes known as horse sovereigns, are to be issued.