Definition of "horseflesh"

horseflesh

noun
uncountable
1. The flesh of a horse; horsemeat.
  Quotations
  Do they take to the cooking of horseflesh in ragoûts, emincés, and cheval à la mode without a tinge of disgust?
  1870 December 10, “The Ombibus Dinner”, in Charles Dickens, Jun., editor, All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal., volume V, London: […] Messrs. Chapman and Hall, […], published 1871, page 43, column 1
2. Horses collectively, with reference to driving, riding, or racing.
3. Bahama mahogany, wood from species Lysiloma sabicu and Lysiloma latisiliquum.
adjective
comparative more horseflesh, superlative most horseflesh
1. Of the colour of horseflesh; of a peculiar reddish-brown hue.