# horsed

Pronunciation: US say "HORST" /hoɹst/; say "HAWST" UK /hɔːst/, AUS /hoːst/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of horse. — simple past and past participle of horse
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of horse. Use this form when the action already happened.
   - _The regiment was fully horsed before the campaign began._
   - _The boys horsed around in the locker room until the coach walked in._

## Adjective

2. Seated or mounted on the back of a horse.
   - Simple: Sitting on the back of a horse.
   - _The horsed knights formed a line across the open field._
   - _Several horsed scouts returned to camp with news of the enemy._

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — Equivalent to horse + -ed.
**Meaning 2** — From Middle English "horsed" (also "yhorsed"), from Old English "horsod," the past participle of the verb "horsian" ("to horse"); equivalent to "horse" plus "-ed."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/horsed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).