Horse Pool
lake or loch · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Horse Pool is a descriptive name for a body of water where horses would drink or be kept. It combines the Old English word for horse with 'pool', a term for a small body of still water.
Word origins
- Horse
- Old EnglishAttestedhorse(from hors "horse")
- Pool
- Old EnglishAttestedpool, small lake(from pol "pool, small lake")