horse bean
noun
Origin of horse bean
First recorded in 1675–85
Words nearby horse bean
hors de combat,
horsa,
horse,
horse around,
horse balm,
horse bean,
horse block,
horse brass,
horse chestnut,
horse clam,
horse conch
Example sentences from the Web for horse bean
They were about the size of a horse-bean, and remarkably lively after their aerial but wingless flight.
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series |Philip Henry GosseI've never seed such splendid large knobs of fat before in the days of my life—they never used to be bigger then a horse-bean.
Far from the Madding Crowd |Thomas HardyToker's bean, for instance, is twice-and-a-half as long and broad as the horse-bean, and is much thinner and of a different shape.