1. Plural of hoss; horses, especially in informal or dialectal speech.
Usage: informal; dialectal; nonstandard spelling or pronunciation of 'horses'

Examples

• The ranch had a dozen hosses in the stable.
• He saddled up the hosses for the trail ride.
• Those hosses are strong and fast.
• The old cowboy loved his hosses more than anything.
• We rode our hosses across the prairie at dawn.