Etymology

bathorse

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Today it means: A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign Full definition →

French bat
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The story

  1. French · derived frombat“packsaddle”
  2. English todaybathorse

From French bat (“packsaddle”) (compare cheval de bat (“packhorse”)) + English horse. See bastard and batman.

Words from the same roots

Frenchbat all →

batman

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