All 5 Uses of
thoroughbred
in
War and Peace
- "The squadwon can't pass," shouted Vaska Denisov, showing his white teeth fiercely and spurring his black thoroughbred Arab, which twitched its ears as the bayonets touched it, and snorted, spurting white foam from his bit, tramping the planks of the bridge with his hoofs, and apparently ready to jump over the railings had his rider let him.†
Chpt 2
- Rostov could already see their faces and heard the command: "Charge!" shouted by an officer who was urging his thoroughbred to full speed.†
Chpt 3 *
- He was riding a very fine thoroughbred gray Arab horse with a crimson gold-embroidered saddlecloth.†
Chpt 5
- On the thirteenth of June a rather small, thoroughbred Arab horse was brought to Napoleon.†
Chpt 9
- Denisov in a felt cloak and a sheepskin cap from which the rain ran down was riding a thin thoroughbred horse with sunken sides.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(thoroughbred) an animal bred from the same breed -- especially a horse of high quality