salt horse

English

Etymology

From the fact that horse meat was considered especially unappetizing and rarely eaten, but that the meat had been so heavily salted and dried that it could just be horse meat passed off as cow meat.

Noun

salt horse (countable and uncountable, plural salt horses)

(uncountable, US, obsolete, sailor's slang) salt beef
(countable, Britain, naval) A naval officer or rating whose training and experience have qualified him as a seaman rather than in any specialised trade.

Anagrams

short sale

单词	salt horse
释义	salt horse English Etymology From the fact that horse meat was considered especially unappetizing and rarely eaten, but that the meat had been so heavily salted and dried that it could just be horse meat passed off as cow meat. Noun salt horse (countable and uncountable, plural salt horses) (uncountable, US, obsolete, sailor's slang) salt beef (countable, Britain, naval) A naval officer or rating whose training and experience have qualified him as a seaman rather than in any specialised trade. Anagrams short sale
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