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
ChelseaCHEL-seeEnglish
MeallÁNMEL-awnIrish
Hind-Arabic
HubrechtHUY-brəkhtDutch (Archaic)
AnnagÜL-Turkmen
Godivagə-DIE-və (English)Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)