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white horse

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white horse
n
1. (Social Science / Archaeology) the outline of a horse carved into the side of a chalk hill, usually dating to the Neolithic, Bronze, or Iron Ages, such as that at Uffington, Berkshire
2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (usually plural) a wave with a white broken crest
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Noun1.white horsewhite horse - a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white
whitecap
moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
Translations
white horse n (on wave) → cresta di spuma (dell'onda)
white horse n (on wave) → cresta di spuma (dell'onda)


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I'm the Poet of White Horse Vale, sir, With liberal notions under my cap.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
Long before the time during which we will know him, he was a doctor and drove a jaded white horse from house to house through the streets of Winesburg.
Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context
To the unaided eye there is nothing but a black figure on a white horse, tracing slow zigzags against the slope of a distant hill - so slowly they seem almost to creep.
A Son of the Gods by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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