war horses
Cavalry's mounted chargers
War horses are horses bred and trained for battle, historically serving as mounts for cavalry soldiers and knights.
The term extends figuratively to people who have long experience in a field, especially politics or military service, suggesting reliability and proven endurance through many campaigns.
A warhorse can also be a piece of music, drama, or other work that has been performed so often it has become overly familiar: They opened with that old warhorse, Beethoven's Fifth.
- saddlesEquestrian seating equipment
- bardingWrapping meat in fat
- horse armorProtective gear for mounts
- bridlesHorse steering apparatus
- Napoleonic warsFrench expansionist conflicts, 1800s
stirrups · cavalry · cavalry charge · medieval knights · Bucephalus · Rocinante · horseshoes · Mongol invasions · courser · working animals · Arabian horse · chariot warfare · reins · stallions · lances · flanks · Crusades · hooves
- military animalspack animals, mules, service dogs, K-9 unit, canine units
- horseshorse, mare, mares, stallion, stallions
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- WWItrenches, no man's land, no mans land, trench warfare, armistice
- medieval knightsknight, knights, armor, sword, swords
- cavalrycavalry, cavalryman, cavalry brigade, cavalry charges, cavalry officer
war horsespeace doves
Birds symbolizing harmony
white flags · olive branches · diplomatic envoys · messenger pigeons
war horsesdraft animals
Livestock used for hauling
gentle giants · beasts of burden · workhorses · raw recruits · greenhorns