stock horse


noun Western U.S.

a horse or pony used in herding cattle.

Origin of stock horse

First recorded in 1860–65

Example sentences from the Web for stock horse

  • Once I stopped to look at Jim: I just sat back and the mare 'propped'—she'd been a stock-horse, and was used to 'cutting-out'.

    Joe Wilson and His Mates |Henry Lawson