white horse
noun
a white-topped wave; whitecap.
Origin of white horse
First recorded in 1640–50
Words nearby white horse
white hake,
white hat,
white heat,
white hole,
white hope,
white horse,
white house,
white house, the,
white hunter,
white infarct,
white iron
Example sentences from the Web for white horse
We dined at the White-Horse there, and after dinner she drank very freely.
The Affecting Case of the Unfortunate Thomas Daniels |Thomas DanielsAfter being severed from the whale, the white-horse is first cut into portable oblongs ere going to the mincer.
Moby Dick; or The Whale |Herman MelvilleI did so much want to have a white-horse to make me think of the sea for ever and ever.
Fairies I Have Met |Maud Margaret Key Stawell
British Dictionary definitions for white horse
white horse
noun
the outline of a horse carved into the side of a chalk hill, usually dating to the Neolithic, Bronze, or Iron Ages, such as that at Uffington, Berkshire
(usually plural)
a wave with a white broken crest