bathorse

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See also: en, bat-horse, and bat horse

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Etymology

From French bat (packsaddle) (compare cheval de bat (packhorse)) + English horse. See bastard and batman.

Noun

bathorse (plural bathorses)

  1. (obsolete) A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign
    • 1857 Washington Irving, Life Of George Washington Vol IV
      About ten o’clock the wagons and bat horses laden with Indian corn were returning, covered by a party of infantry, with Tarleton and his dragoons as a rear-guard.

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