bʌk ˈkævəlɹi sɔː.hɔː(ɹ)s sɔ.hɔɹs provide with a horse or horses solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) a framework for holding wood that is being sawed troops trained to fight on horseback 500 horse led the attack