bathorse

Meanings

nounbathorse (plural bathorses)

plural bathorses · alternative bat-horse · alternative bat horse

obsoleteA horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign
1857 Washington Irving, Life Of George Washington Vol IV About ten o’clock the wagons and bat horses laden with Indian corn were returning, covered by a party of infantry, with Tarleton and his dragoons as a rear-guard.

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

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