COLLECTION

Collection

Collection occurs when a horse carries more weight on the hind legs than the front legs. The horse draws its body together so that it becomes like a giant spring whose stored energy can be reclaimed for fighting or running from a predator. The largest organic spring in the horse's body, and therefore the easiest one to observe in action, is the back, including the spine and the associated musculature that draws it together in much the same way that a bow is drawn by an archer.

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collection

Noun

  1. A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.
  2. Multiple related objects associated as a group.
  3. The activity of collecting.
  4. A set of sets.
  5. A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
  6. The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
  7. The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.


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