Horse (disambiguation)

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The word horse has a number of uses:

Look up horse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A horse is a large ungulate mammal of the Equidae family.
Horse meat is consumed in some cultures and taboo in others.
Equipment build roughly with a horse's silhouette such as:
- punishment horse,
- Wooden Horse, used in bondage,
- vaulting horse in gymnastics,
- sawhorse and shave horse used for woodworking.
"Horse" is the name of a game played with a basketball.
In the Vodou faith, a "horse" is a ritualist who is possessed by a Loa, a Vodou spirit.
A slang term for the hard drug heroin.
A term for a cavalry unit, sometimes even in the official name (as of a mounted regiment).
A horse in the game of chess is an informal name for the knight; its equivalent is the only common name in various languages.
Horse is a zodiac sign in Chinese Astrology.
Horses is an album by Patti Smith.
the acronym H.O.R.S.E. is a form of poker.
"Iron horse" is an archaic term for a locomotive.
HORSE the Band is an experimental hardcore band.
Horsepower is a measure power.
Holistic Operational Readiness Security Evaluation (HORSE) project Wiki. This is the project site for the Holistic Operational Readiness Security Evaluation (HORSE) project Wiki.

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