Definition of Broodmare

1. Noun. A female horse used for breeding.

Exact synonyms: Stud Mare
Generic synonyms: Female Horse, Mare

Definition of Broodmare

1. Noun. A mare used for breeding ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Broodmare

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Broodmare

brood parasites
brooded
brooder
brooder pneumonia
brooders
broodier
broodies
broodiest
broodily
broodiness
broodinesses
brooding
broodingly
broodings
broodless
broodmare (current term)
broodmares
broods
broodstocks
broody
broody hen
brook lamprey
brook lampreys
brook mint
brook thistle
brook trout
brook trouts
brooked

Literary usage of Broodmare

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl Schneider (1998)
"E62 Using ultrasonography in broodmare management. 1. ... E62 Using ultrasonography in broodmare management. 3. Vogelsang, MM Equine-Pract v.15(1): p.26, ..."

2. The Exterior of the Horse by Armand Goubaux, Gustave Barrier (1904)
"If you wish to produce a horse for your own use," he continues, " reject a vicious broodmare, and try to obtain some reliable information concerning the ..."

3. Ninth Annual Old Glory Horse Auction of America's Greatest Light Horses at ...by Fasig-Tipton Co by Fasig-Tipton Co (1903)
"As a broodmare she would be first class. Besides combining the best of trotting blood, through producing strains, she has a thoroughbred foundation that ..."

4. Isis Unveiled: A Master Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1919)
"220 In the opinion of more prosaic persons the Divinity of Positivism must henceforth be regarded as a biped broodmare. Even Littre made prudent ..."

5. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1856)
"85 WW Lane, Highland " 86 OW Hotchkiss, Rockport, broodmare, 8y. 87 do do sucking colt. 88 do do stallion, 3y. 89 MW Miller, Clinton co., brood mare, 7y. ..."

6. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... a stud-mare or broodmare. STEEL, iron combined with carbon, for tools, swords, &c. (E.), form) ; but only found with the spelling style, and in the comp ..."

7. Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British by Henry William Herbert (1857)
">She was a winner in April, 17'29, probably her last race, after which she was a broodmare in the Duke of Somerset's stable until 1741. ..."

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