steed
n.a horse, especially one that is very strong or beautiful. You usually hear this word in stories or when someone is being very poetic.
n.a horse, typically one of great strength or beauty. Often used in a literary or archaic context to evoke a sense of grandeur or heroism.
“The knight rode his white steed into the castle.”
“In many classic fairy tales, the hero is seen riding his loyal steed across the dark forest.”
“The poet described the king's arrival as a majestic procession, with his silver-maned steed leading the way through the ancient stone gates.”
“I may well never finish it, but I am resolved to at least get to the point where I have my own steed and a pair of decent boots.”
Inherited from Middle English stede (“steed”), from Old English stēda (“stallion, stud”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōdijō; (compare Old Dutch stoti (“herd of horses”), Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”)).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.