carriage horse

American  

noun

1. a horse trained and groomed to draw carriages.

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Etymology

Origin of carriage horse

First recorded in 1590–1600

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Example Sentences

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carriage horse

After petting a carriage horse in New York's Central Park at the age of five, Alexus Lawson was hooked.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

In her box stall on 52nd Street, Fintzi’s shaggy draft horse Stella, a Chicago carriage horse until that city banned the practice in 2020, nibbled hay on a recent afternoon.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022

In the third trailer was a spectacular black carriage horse that would carry a saddle draped with two of King’s guitars.

From The Guardian ● May 31, 2015

The van’s turn signal was rhythmic and oddly loud, like the clippity-clop of a carriage horse.

From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2012

The shop had been kept open late for the shoeing of a carriage horse, which was just being led away, and the smith had come to the door for a breath of air.

From John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman

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