Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(literary) a spirited horse for state or war;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Steed \Steed\ (st[=e]d), n. [OE. stede, AS. st[=e]da a
stud-horse, war horse, fr. st[=o]d a stud of breeding steeds;
akin to G. stute a mare, Icel. stedda, st[=o][eth], a stud.
[root]163. See Stud of horses.]
A horse, especially a spirited horse for state or war; --
used chiefly in poetry or stately prose. "A knight upon a
steed." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
Mounted upon a hot and fiery steed. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
steed
n 1: (literary) a spirited horse for state or war
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "steed":
Houyhnhnm, brood mare, charger, colt, courser, critter, dobbin,
entire, entire horse, equine, filly, foal, gelding, horse, mare,
mount, nag, prancer, stallion, stud, studhorse, tarpan, top horse,
war-horse, wild horse