"horsebound" meaning in English

See horsebound in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: horse + bound Etymology templates: {{compound|en|horse|bound}} horse + bound Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} horsebound (not comparable)
  1. Dependent on horses. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-horsebound-en-adj-6CcDqCDr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1971, Canadian Jersey Breeder, volume 26, page 13",
          "text": "It is one thing to point with pride to that fact modern farmer feeds 45 or 50 people while his horsebound forefathers fed only nine or so.",
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Doug Saunders, The Myth of the Muslim Tide: Do Immigrants Threaten the West?",
          "text": "The paintings he chose to adorn his parliamentary office suite were not what you'd expect from the leader of the radically anti-Muslim Party For Freedom (PVV): not the heroic horsebound realism of an archconservative revanchist, nor the stark abstractions of a freemarket libertarian.",
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          "ref": "2016, Frederick E. Hoxie, The Oxford Handbook of American Indian History",
          "text": "Being more mobile changed everything for those who adopted a horse-bound life.",
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          "ref": "2012, Doug Saunders, The Myth of the Muslim Tide: Do Immigrants Threaten the West?",
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