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 Translation for 'horse's head' from English to Dutch
NOUN   a horse's head | horses' heads
paardenhoofd {het}horse's head
Partial Matches
bot.T
wilde kievitsbloem {de} [Fritillaria meleagris]
snake's head
bot.T
wilde kievitsbloem {de} [Fritillaria meleagris]
snake's head fritillary
entom.T
doodshoofdpijlstaart {de} [Acherontia atropos]
(African) death's head hawkmoth
achterhoofd {het}back of one's / the head
zoöl.T
paard {het}
horse
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ros {het} [verouderd]horse
paard.
paardenmeisje {het}
horse girl
sport
paardenrace {de}
horse race
paardenraces {mv}horse races
rensport {de}horse racing
diergen.werk
paardenarts {de}
horse doctor
droompaard {het}dream horse
paard.
paardeneigenaar {de}
horse owner
paard.
rijpaard {het}
riding horse
paard.
politiepaard {het}
police horse
paardendief {de}horse thief
circuspaard {het}circus horse
sport
paard {het} [turntoestel]
pommel horse
paardenliefhebber {de}horse lover
handelpaard.
paardenmarkt {de}
horse market
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Usage Examples English
  • A nithing pole consisted of a long, wooden pole with a recently cut horse head at the end, and at times with the skin of the horse laid over the pole.
  • It flows east and south-east taking the flows from several small streams originating on Yockenthwaite Moor on the north bank and Horse Head Moor on the south bank.
  • From Halton Gill there is a bridleway over the Horse Head Pass to the north east to Yockenthwaite in Langstrothdale.
  • One of the famous avatars of Vishnu, Hayagriva, is depicted with a horse head. Hayagriva is worshipped as the God for Knowledge.
  • As Carlos Jr related it to a later interviewer, he was standing backstage at an early performance when someone shoved a horse head mask over him and pushed him out onto the ice.

  • The current logo is a profile of a horse's head, with an orange mane and navy blue outlines.
  • In a more serious feud, escalation of hostilities can be signaled by the appearance of a goat head or horse head.
  • The horse head represents service as Mounted Engineers (1917–1941) and Armored Engineers (1941–1945).
  • In 1845 a hoard of 140 metal artefacts known as the "Stanwick Hoard", which included four sets of horse harness for chariots and a bronze horse head 'bucket attachment', was found half a mile away at Melsonby.
  • Often the peg-head has a carving of a horse head (very common on instruments around Mongolia).

  • The new armoured horse head was nicknamed the "biker patch".
  • Escutcheon: Sable (or Azure) a horse head Argent issuant from a crescent of the same.
  • The city has a monument to the horse-head fiddle (morin khuur), the national emblematic instrument of Mongols.
  • The bridle follows the curve of the horse head as it lowers and raises to create a vertical or nearly-vertical stroke.
  • The horse-head fiddle, or "morin khuur", is a distinctively Mongolian instrument and is seen as a symbol of the country.

  • A similar form is found in traditional Chinese architecture called " [...] " (pinyin: "mǎtóu qiáng"), which literally means "horse-head wall".
  • It can also be used instead of the genitive to express a possessor, so that the combination gets a generalised compound-like meaning (лаша пӳҫӗ 'a horse head' vs лашан пӳҫӗ 'the horse's head'); with both nominative and genitive, however, the possessed noun has a possessive suffix (see below).
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