horse-drench
English
Noun
horse-drench (plural horse-drenches)
- (archaic) A dose of medicine for a horse.
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
- The most soueraigne Prescription in Galen, is but Emperickqutique; and to this Preseruatiue, of no better report
then a Horse-drench.
- (archaic) The appliance by which the dose is administered.
References
- “horse-drench”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.