widge

plural widges

1. archaicpoeticA horse.

   But what liuinges ſoeuer he had, or hauing liuinges, how beastly ſoeuer he ſpared his money, and rode thether on his widge beaste.

   1587, John Bridges, A Defence of the Government Established in the Church of Englande for Ecclesiasticall Matters.

   1 more example

   [addressing the narrator, named Widge] "I'm only going to see that he learns a lesson," said Nick innocently. "Now then. Widge, is it? You know what a widge is where I come from?" My throat felt too tight to speak. I shook my head. "A horse. I think I'll call you Horse, although I think you look more like an ass to me. […]"

   1998, Gary Blackwood, The Shakespeare Stealer