horseflesh

alternative horse-flesh

1. uncountableThe flesh of a horse; horsemeat.

   Do they take to the cooking of horseflesh in ragoûts, emincés, and cheval à la mode without a tinge of disgust?

   1870 December 10, “The Ombibus Dinner”, in Charles Dickens, Jun., editor, All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal., volume V, London: […] Messrs. Chapman and Hall, […], published 1871, page 43, column 1

2. uncountableHorses collectively, with reference to driving, riding, or racing.

   He is a good judge of horseflesh.

3. uncountableBahama mahogany, wood from species Lysiloma sabicu and Lysiloma latisiliquum.

comparative more horseflesh · superlative most horseflesh · alternative horse-flesh

1. Of the colour of horseflesh; of a peculiar reddish-brown hue.