horse-drench

noun

A dose of medicine for a horse.

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Meanings

nounhorse-drench (plural horse-drenches)

plural horse-drenches

  1. archaicA dose of medicine for a horse.

    The most soueraigne Prescription in Galen, is but Emperickqutique; and to this Preseruatiue, of no better report then a Horse-drench.

    c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]
  2. archaicThe appliance by which the dose is administered.
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APA

horse-drench. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse-drench

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“horse-drench.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse-drench. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horse-drench,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse-drench.

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