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Wele horssit, -horseit, Weill horsit, p.p. and ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. wel i-horsed (Trevisa), wel horsed (1470-85); Horsit p.p. and ppl. adj. b, q.v. for further examples.] Equipped with a good horse or horses. — 1528 St. P. Henry VIII IV 521.
Wele horssit men of myn awin 1570 Leslie 15.
With xxiij gentlemen onlie wele horseit a1586 Lindsay MS 74a.
Becaus & he [sc. a knight] be weill horsit & heycht he will be sene far of
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