white horse

US: (hwīt′hôrs′, wīt′-)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

white′ horse′, 

1. a white-topped wave;
   whitecap.

• 1640–50

White•horse  (hwīt′hôrs′, wīt′-), n. 

1. Place Names a town in and the capital of the Yukon Territory, in NW Canada. 13,311.

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white horse noun

1. the outline of a horse carved into the side of a chalk hill, usually dating to the Neolithic, Bronze, or Iron Ages, such as that at Uffington, Berkshire
2. (usually plural) a wave with a white broken crest