bathorse

== English == === Alternative forms === bat-horse, bat horse === Etymology === From French bat (“packsaddle”) (compare cheval de bat (“packhorse”)) + English horse. See bastard and batman. === Noun === bathorse (plural bathorses) (obsolete) A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign 1857 Washington Irving, Life Of George Washington Vol IV About ten o’clock the wagons and bat horses laden with Indian corn were returning, covered by a party of infantry, with Tarleton and his dragoons as a rear-guard. === References === “bathorse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === bohrates