Galvayne

English

Etymology

(horse training): After the 19th-century English born Australian horse trainer Sydney Frederick Galvayne.

Proper noun

Galvayne

  1. A surname.

Derived terms

Verb

Galvayne (third-person singular simple present Galvaynes, present participle Galvayning, simple past and past participle Galvayned)

  1. (transitive, historical) To break (a horse) by bending its neck and tying the halter to its tail, so that the horse turns when it attempts to move forward.
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