cutting horse

noun

: an agile saddle horse trained to separate individual animals from a cattle herd

Examples of cutting horse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tickets are now on sale for the event that will bring together celebrities and skilled cutting horse trainers to raise funds for the medical center. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2026

Yellowstone actor and cutting horse trainer Jake Ream will make his directorial debut on the second picture on the Perlino Pictures slate, The Color of Winter, which is due to film in Utah in the new year. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025

Bailey turned his focus to the Iron Rose Ranch and bred and trained competitive cutting horses in Carbondale. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025

It is named after a champion cutting horse and features ostrich vamps, goat quarters and roses stitched into the leather. — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cutting horse

• counterforce
• intercourse
• nonrecourse
• reinforce
• watercourse
• bourse
• coarse
• course
• force
• gorse
• hoarse
• norse