cart horse
a strong horse bred to draw heavy loads; draft horse.
Origin of cart horse
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How to use cart horse in a sentence
Nothing will make them move faster—like whipping a carthorse into a gallop; it soon dies away in the old jog-trot.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesSome short time afterwards a carthorse was found in the fields stabbed in several places, though, fortunately, not severely.
Hodge and His Masters | Richard JefferiesHe was as big as a carthorse, as graceful as a dray and as meek as a missionary.
At Good Old Siwash | George FitchThere was a concussion, and the black horse came staggering sideways, and the carthorse pushed beside it.
The War of the Worlds | H. G. WellsThe Carthorse she calls herself, but not of your family surely, for you are like wild Arab colt.
Polly the Pagan | Isabel Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for carthorse
/ (ˈkɑːtˌhɔːs) /
a large heavily built horse kept for pulling carts or carriages
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