Meanings
- uncountableThe folklore of horses; the knowledge of the behaviour of horses; the traditions of managing horses.
Bakkus came steeped in horselore and confidently prophetic.
1926, William John Locke, The Mountebank, Library of Alexandria, →ISBN4 more examples
The younger mares torment the oldest and attempt to drive them from the mob for some inexplicable horse-lore instinct; perhaps they were separated to protect them.
2014, Clive Thomas, Thursday's Child : Journeys Far and Wide in the Australian Outback, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBNTopsell gives us some fine horselore, especially as to their love for their masters:— “Homer seemeth also to affirme that there are in Horsses divine qualityes, understanding things ...
2013, John Ashton, Curious Creatures in Zoology, Library of Alexandria, →ISBNThis man knows horselore and loves the horse with that personal affection which begets understanding.
2010, William A. Owens, Three Friends: Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 117The Pattern Under the Plough and The Horse in the Furrow contain a treasure trove of horselore from East Anglia, and much of what is in the public domain today has been taken from these two books, even if the extracts have not been credited!
2013, Suzanne Ruthven, Melusine Draco, Shaman Pathways - Black Horse, White Horse, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN
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horselore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horselore
“horselore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horselore. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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