馬ば匹ひつばひつMeanings1nounhorsesA formal or literary collective term for horses. In modern Japanese, 馬 (うま) is the common word.古ふるい文ぶん献けんには「馬ば匹ひつ」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。The expression 馬匹 can be found in old documents.