SIDE HORSE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does side horse mean? 

• SIDE HORSE (noun)
  The noun SIDE HORSE has 1 sense:

1. a gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center; held upright by two steel supports, one at each end

  Familiarity information: SIDE HORSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIDE HORSE (noun)

Meaning:

A gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center; held upright by two steel supports, one at each end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pommel horse; side horse

Hypernyms ("side horse" is a kind of...):

gymnastic horse; horse (a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs)

Meronyms (parts of "side horse"):

pommel (a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse)