English

Noun

road apple ‎(plural road apples)

1. (idiomatic, dated, often pluralized) Horse manure, especially when deposited on a road.
   • 1964, P. S. Martin and F. W. Sharrock, "Pollen Analysis of Prehistoric Human Feces: A New Approach to Ethnobotany," American Antiquity, vol. 30, no. 2, p. 171:

     Samples 7–12 contained coarsely chewed plant material; several closely resembled the "road apples" of horse and burro.