horse
- noun
- /hɔrs/
- To win the game, I needed to move my horse strategically across the board.
Why does the horse see one move so crazy Why not straight lines like castle hat.
- Why does the horse see one move so crazy Why not straight lines like castle hat.
Examples
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You lost a horse, a bishop and a queen.
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It's a beautifully crafted chess piece in the shape of a horse's head, poise and nobility captured in gleaming stone.
Fiction book (1994) -
In chess, the horse is known as the knight and moves in an L-shape.
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She captured my horse with her bishop in the final move.
Synonyms
A chess piece shaped like a horse's head that moves in an L shape
Idioms
- Informal
Continuing to talk about something already decided and pointless
- Informal
To try again after a failure, especially when you feel afraid
- Informal
To stop acting like you are better than other people
To do something useful only after it is already too late
- Informal
To act as if you are better than others and tell them they are wrong
Compounds
- Informal
A present you should accept without complaining, even if it seems small or bad
A small, strong American horse bred for short, fast races like quarter-mile sprints
- Specialized
A gymnastics machine with two handles used for swinging and balancing moves
- Literature
A large hollow wooden figure of a horse that hides soldiers so they can enter a city
- Specialized
Harmful software that pretends to be useful to make users install it so attackers can access and steal their data
- Specialized
An area with calm winds about 30 degrees north or south of the equator with little rain
A wild endangered horse from central Asia with a stocky body and an upright mane
- Archaic
A long, solid piece of gymnastics equipment without handles that gymnasts run to and jump over
- Specialized
A small extinct animal like an early horse about the size of a dog with four toes
- Specialized
A type of horse from Kentucky known for a high-stepping walk used for shows and pleasure riding
- Archaic
A long piece of gymnastics equipment like a bench that gymnasts run and jump over lengthwise
- Specialized
A padded piece of equipment with legs that people vault over to practice balance and jumping skills
- US
A strong-smelling herb with pointed toothed leaves and small yellow flowers that lives many years
- Indian
A tree from India with long seed pods whose dark pulp people use to treat horses
A large tree with hand-shaped leaves and showy flowers that make shiny brown seeds you cannot eat
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Horse for the chess piece is a simple name people use because the piece looks like a horse's head and stands for a rider, so calling the knight a 'horse' connects the piece to the animal it represents.