Word Meanings - FOOTCLOTH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Formerly, a housing or caparison for a horse.

• Horseplay
  Rude, boisterous play.
• Houselessness
  The state of being houseless.
• HORSELEECH
  A large blood-sucking leech (Hæmopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses. 2. A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.
• Horsefoot
  The coltsfoot.
• Horsepond
  A pond for watering horses.
• Houseline
  A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing.
• HORSELEECHERY
  The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
• Horse Guards
  A body of cavalry so called; esp., a British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furnishes guards of state for the sovereign.
• Horsehair
  A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs.
• Horse power
  The power which a horse exerts.
• Houseling
  Same as Housling.
• HORSELESS
  Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; -- said of certain vehicles in which horse power has been replaced by electricity, steam, etc.; as, a horseless carriage or truck.
• Caparison
  An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.
• Horsehead
  The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).
• Horse-radish
  A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine.
• Housemaid
  A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms.

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