subs. phr. (common).A white-crested dancing wave.
1849. C. KINGSLEY, His Letters and Memories of His Life, 10 Aug., i. 168. The bay is now curling and writhing in WHITE HORSES under a smoking south-wester, which promises a blessing, as it will drive the mackerel off the Welsh shore.
1849. ARNOLD, The Forsaken Merman.
Now the wild WHITE HORSES play, | |
Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. | |
Children, dear, let us away, | |
This way, this way. |
TO BE WHITE-HORSED IN, verb. phr. (tailors).To obtain a berth through influence.