stock horse
noun Western U.S.
a horse or pony used in herding cattle.
Origin of stock horse
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby stock horse
stock dove,
stock exchange,
stock farm,
stock footage,
stock guard,
stock horse,
stock in trade,
stock ledger,
stock lock,
stock market,
stock option
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