Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horse and foot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: horse and -foot
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

All the troops, all the army, all forces.

adv

With all one's might, with all one's strength, as hard as one can.

Obsolete

Etymology

From horse, meaning "cavalry", and foot, meaning "infantry".

Usage

Obsolete

Synonyms

with might and main

Questions

What does horse and foot mean?: All the troops, all the army, all forces.
Where does horse and foot come from?: From horse, meaning "cavalry", and foot, meaning "infantry".

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