put a horse out to pasture



put a horse out to pasture

to retire a horse by allowing it to live out its days in a pasture with no work. (See also put someone out to pasture.) The horse could no longer work, so we put it out to pasture.
See also: horse, out, pasture, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
&Aelig;&Eth;Elberht-Anglo-Saxon
BrÉAnainn-Ancient Irish
HarveHAHRVEnglish
CainanKAY-nən (English), kay-IE-nən (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin
Ermis-Greek
Mesut-Turkish