English Explanatory Dictionary

Galvayne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
verb
  1. To break (a horse) by bending its neck and tying the halter to its tail, so that the horse turns when it attempts to move forward.

Word forms

Galvayne Galvaynes Galvayning Galvayned

Etymology

(horse training): After the 19th-century English born Australian horse trainer Sydney Frederick Galvayne.

Derived words

Galvayne's groove
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