Rosinante

[ roz-uh-nan-tee, roh-zuh-nahn-tee ]

/ ˌrɒz əˈnæn ti, ˌroʊ zəˈnɑn ti /

the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.

(lowercase) an old, decrepit horse.

Spanish Rocinante.

Example sentences from the Web for rosinante

To her then, leaving Rosinante in an ecstasy of timidity before such god-like boys, I addressed myself.

Henry Brocken |Walter J. de la Mare
I do not know whether one should classify Rosinante as a book of travel, a book of essays, a book of criticisms.

When Winter Comes to Main Street |Grant Martin Overton
Even Rosinante seemed perturbed by the stillness and solitude of this wild garden.

Henry Brocken |Walter J. de la Mare
Securing all his money about his person, he mounted his Rosinante.

The Comical Adventures of Twm Shon Catty |T. J. Llewelyn Prichard

Even Rosinante pricked forward her ears, and stooped her gentle face to view more closely this light traveller.

Henry Brocken |Walter J. de la Mare

Rosinante

/ (ˌrɒzɪˈnæntɪ) /

a worn-out emaciated old horse

C18: from Spanish, the name of Don Quixote's horse, from rocin old horse