wooden+horse
31Horse hoe — Hoe Hoe, n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See {Hew} to cut.] 1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat… …
32Hobby horse — This article is about costumed characters that appear in various customs, processions and ceremonies. For other uses, see Hobby horse (disambiguation) The term hobby horse is used, principally by folklorists, to refer to the costumed characters… …
33pommel horse — Gymnastics. a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor supported apparatus, similar to a vaulting horse but having two graspable pommels on top, used by men for hand supported balancing, rotating, and swinging maneuvers. Also called side horse. [1905… …
34Trojan horse — 1. Class. Myth. a gigantic hollow wooden horse, left by the Greeks upon their pretended abandonment of the siege of Troy. The Trojans took it into Troy and Greek soldiers concealed in the horse opened the gates to the Greek army at night and… …
35Trojan Horse — the Trojan Horse a wooden horse used by Greek soldiers to trick their enemies the Trojans during the Trojan War. The Greeks hid inside a large wooden model of a horse and were taken into Troy by Trojan soldiers, who thought that it was a gift …
36Trojan horse (computing) — Beast, a Windows based backdoor Trojan horse A Trojan horse, or Trojan, is software that appears to perform a desirable function for the user prior to run or install, but (perhaps in addition to the expected function) steals information or harms… …
37Trojan Horse — /troʊdʒən ˈhɔs/ (say trohjuhn haws) noun 1. Also, Wooden Horse. Classical Legend the gigantic, hollow, wooden figure of a horse, filled with armed Greeks, and brought into Troy, which led to the destruction of the city. 2. someone or something… …
38Trojan Horse — noun a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War • Syn: ↑Wooden Horse • Regions: ↑Greece, ↑Hellenic Republic, ↑Ellas • Instance Hypernyms: ↑figure …
39Old Horse — In a similar situation to the *Old Tup, the Old Horse is both a song and a custom. As a song, it is found in different versions all over England, and it details how the horse used to be so proud and fine but is now old and decayed: But now… …
40Trojan Horse — From Greek mythology, a giant wooden horse made by the Greeks to help them gain entry to Troy. The horse was left outside the gates of Troy and the Greeks pretended to leave. The Trojans thought they had won the war and brought the horse in as …
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