horse power

== English == === Noun === horse power (plural horse powers) (chiefly historical, dialectal) Any of a class of machines that used draft horses as a source of power to an output shaft or sheave. Treadmill types and merry-go-round–like types existed. Alternative form: horse-power Synonym: horse engine Coordinate terms: donkey engine, water engine, wind engine, watermill, windmill (archaic) Alternative spelling of horsepower (“unit of power equaling 745 watts or similar figure”). Coordinate term: donkey power Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: motive effort supplied by one or more horses. Alternative forms: horsepower, horse-power Coordinate terms: donkey power, manpower, humanpower === Anagrams === shorepower