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cutting horse†

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a horse specially trained to separate cattle, one by one, from a herd.

Quotations

1955

[He] was astraddle his buckskin cutting horse, dangerously close to the caved-in end of the porch.

1962

. . . "cutting" horses . . . by instinct and by training . . . will bring out a beast from the herd without disturbing the rest of the cattle, or they may be required to hold a bunch from breaking back.

1962

This practice originated today's cutting-horse competitions.