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horseguard
Fur Trade, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
an enclosed pasture near a fur post or fort where spare horses were kept under surveillance.
Quotations
1859
[I] rode over to the "horse-guard," about three miles away . . . to leave [four horses] who were to be kept there till my return.
1881
Strayed from the H.B.C. horse guard, near Sturgeon river, about the 15th of August, a sorrel mare, 4 or 5 years old, white star on the forehead about the size of a half dollar piece, 14 hands high, branded WF on nigh shoulder and nigh hip.
1963
It was the custom to tie their forelegs together with a soft leather band to keep them from wandering, but at the company horseguard the band had been kept too tight. . . .
2†n. — Obs.
the person in charge of a horseguard (def. 1).
Quotations
1880
The horses . . . were running wild upon the plateau, and the "horse-guards" moved slowly in search of them. . . .