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Jennet
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a small Spanish horse; the word is sometimes applied in English to a mule, the offspring of a she-ass and a stallion. Jennet comes, through Fr. genet, from Span. jinete, a light horseman who rides a la gineta, explained as "with his legs tucked up." The name is taken to be a corruption of the Arabic Zenata, a Berber tribe famed for its cavalry. English and French transferred the word from the rider to his horse, a meaning which the word has only acquired in Spain in modern times.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Jennet'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/j/jennet.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Jennet'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/j/jennet.html. 1910.
