horse
- noun
- /hɔrs/
- To win the game, I needed to move my horse strategically across the board.
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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
To try again after a failure, especially when you feel afraid
- Informal
Continuing to talk about something already decided and pointless
- Informal
To act as if you are better than others and tell them they are wrong
- Informal
To stop acting like you are better than other people
To do something useful only after it is already too late
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
- Literature
A large hollow wooden horse that hides soldiers to let them enter the city of Troy secretly
- Specialized
A gymnastics machine with two handles used for swinging and balancing moves
- Specialized
Harmful software that pretends to be useful to make users install it so attackers can access and steal their data
- Literature
A large hollow wooden figure of a horse that hides soldiers so they can enter a city
A large tree with hand-shaped leaves and showy flowers that make shiny brown seeds you cannot eat
A wild endangered horse from central Asia with a stocky body and an upright mane
- Specialized
An area with calm winds about 30 degrees north or south of the equator with little rain
- Jargon
A horse that is three years old and usually races only against others of the same age
- US
A strong-smelling herb with pointed toothed leaves and small yellow flowers that lives many years
- Archaic
A large African animal with thick skin that lives near rivers and eats plants
A breed of horse with a smooth, easy walk used for riding and shows
A horse trained to pull a small cart in races while moving with a steady fast step
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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.