Brumby
a wild horse.
Historical Examples
The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire S. W. Partington
The American Senator Anthony Trollope
An Outback Marriage Andrew Barton Paterson
The Christmas Books William Makepeace Thackeray
The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray
The Blue and The Gray A. R. White
noun (Austral) (pl) -bies
a wild horse, esp one descended from runaway stock
(informal) a wild or unruly person
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