Horse cavalry began to be phased out after World War I in favour of tank warfare, though a few horse cavalry units were still used into World War II, especially as scouts. By the end of World War II, horses were seldom seen in battle, but were still used extensively Read more…
Bow hair is made from horse hair The bow hair is made of a hank of horsehair. A single violin bow will use between 160 and 180 individual hairs. These hairs are all attached next to each to form a ribbon. Unusually thick hairs and kinked hairs are removed so Read more…
300 hairs. Expensive hair is very consistent in appearance. Have you ever wondered how many hairs are in your bow? Approximately 150 hairs are required for a violin bow. Viola, cello, and bass bows require incrementally more hairs with the bass bow using in excess of 300 hairs. How many Read more…
An old maiden mare is a mare that is older than eight or nine and has never had a foal. However, there are other mares that are in the same category; mares that are bred at the age of two, foal when they are three, and then go into a Read more…
Manufacturers typically will not recommend leaving an electric heating product switched on and unattended for safety reasons. Some more expensive heated airers, however, will have timers and thermostats that you can use to automatically turn the airer off once the laundry will have dried. How long should you leave a Read more…
Wikipedia says that the term “Gee-Gee” is taken from horse-racing where a Gee-Gee is the first horse out of the starting gate. Where does the term GG come from? Borrowed from English GG (“good game”). What does Gee Gee stand for? Founded in 1848, the University of Ottawa adopted its Read more…
Clothes horses are used to hang laundry to dry and sometimes they are called clothes/laundry airers as well, whereas airer is more of a British term (I think). Why is an Airer called a clothes horse? The term clothes horse can be used to describe men and women who are Read more…
clothes-horse (n.) also clothes horse, “upright wooden frame for hanging clothes to dry,” 1788, from clothes + horse (n.) in its secondary sense “that upon which something is mounted.” Figurative sense of “person whose sole function seems to be to show off clothes” is 1850. How did the clothes horse Read more…
B Troop in the 4th Cavalry Regiment These volunteers dress, train and perform with the horses according to historical U.S. Cavalry standards from the 1880s. The members of this cavalry include active duty, retired military, and reserve personnel. What are soldiers that ride horses called? Soldiers who fought on horseback Read more…
Both the Germans and the Soviets used horses in the second World War, the Germans losing 52,000 of them during the battle for Stalingrad. How many German horses died in WW2? Nearly 3 million horses and mules were used by the Germans during World War II. Of these an estimated Read more…