JENNET  , a small See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse; the word is sometimes applied in See also:

• ENGLISH

English to a See also:

• MULE (Lat. mulus)

mule, the offspring of a she-See also:

• ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)
• ASS, FEAST OF THE

ass and a stallion . Jennet comes, through Fr. See also:

• GENET

genet, from Span. jinete, a See also:

• LIGHT

light horseman who rides d la gineta, explained as " with his legs tucked up." The name is taken to be a corruption of the Arabic See also:

• ZENATA, or ZANATA

Zenata, a See also:

• BERBER

Berber tribe famed for its See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry . English and See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French transferred the word from the rider to his horse, a meaning which the word has only acquired in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in See also:

• MODERN

modern times .