Tennessee walking horse


noun
  1. one of a breed of saddle horses developed largely from Standardbred and Morgan stock.

Origin of Tennessee walking horse

1
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
  • Also called Plantation walking horse.

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How to use Tennessee walking horse in a sentence

  • They generally showed a feller in a flowered shirt, ridin' a Tennessee walking horse, and shootin' a gun.

    Thy Rocks and Rills | Robert Ernest Gilbert

British Dictionary definitions for Tennessee Walking Horse

Tennessee Walking Horse

noun
  1. an American breed of horse, marked by its stamina and trained to move at a fast running walk: Often shortened to: Walking Horse

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