black horses
Ebony-coated equines galloping
Black horses are horses with black coats.
The phrase is not idiomatic—it simply combines the color adjective with the animal noun: Three black horses pulled the carriage.
For the metaphorical sense of an unlikely competitor, see *dark horse*.
- FriesianDutch dairy breed
- racehorsesEquines bred for speed
- equineOf the horse family
- stallionsAdult male horses
- mareFemale adult equine
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- carriage horseshackney, Friesian, four-in-hand