a stud of broodmares
A group of broodmares or other animals kept for breeding.
- Subject
- broodmare (broodmares)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Stode (1486)
Collective noun
stud
Also spelled Stode (1486)
What do you call a group of broodmares, horses, locomotives or 1 other?
a stud of broodmares · a stud of horses · a stud of locomotives · …
- Used for
- 4 subjects
- Categories
- Animals, Things
- Subcategories
- Mammals, Objects
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- A group of broodmares or other animals kept for breeding.
- A group of locomotives.
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Stode of maarys”.
Other senses of the word: stud on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a stud of horses
- Subject
- horse (horses)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also spelled
- Stode (1486)
a stud of locomotives
A group of locomotives.
- Subject
- locomotive (locomotives)
- Category
- Things → Objects
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
- Also spelled
- Stode (1486)
a stud of mares
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Stode of maarys”.
- Subject
- mare (mares)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Stode (1486)