Cleveland Bay

British  

noun

1. one of the oldest British breeds of clean-legged, light draught farm and carriage horse, originating from Yorkshire

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Example Sentences

He returned to New South Wales from Cleveland Bay, and in 1856 took up a large tract of country on the upper waters of the Dawson.

From Early Days in North Queensland by Palmer, Edward

Entering Cleveland Bay, the compass was again very much disturbed; the cause was found to be Magnetical, now Magnetic, Island, lying just off the present Port of Townsville.

From The Life of Captain James Cook by Kitson, Arthur

It stood on the red, rocky, and treeless side of Melton Hill, overlooked the waters of Cleveland Bay, and faced the rather picturesque-looking island from whence it derived its name.

From "Chinkie's Flat" 1904 by Becke, Louis

On that journey, he came to the river on which Rockhampton now stands, and, passing up the coast, went as far as Cleveland Bay, where Townsville was founded some years later.

From Early Days in North Queensland by Palmer, Edward

He afterwards married the widow of Jimmy Morrell, who had lived for seventeen years with the blacks in the Cleveland Bay district.

From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by Corfield, W. H. (William Henry)