draft animal

American  

noun

1. an animal used for pulling heavy loads.

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Example Sentences

At first, she did domestic chores and was given lessons in weaving, but as she grew, she was tasked with cutting wood, plowing fields and dragging loaded canal boats like a draft animal.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2017

However, a draft animal cruelty law remains mired in China's legislature and prosecution of dog thieves and those violating animal transport laws remains lax, activists complain.

From US News • Apr. 5, 2016

Asians have long crossed the yak, a draft animal, with cattle, getting beef even finer-grained than steer's meat.

From Time Magazine Archive

The guarding of the cattle herds now required continual exertion, and if any weak or crippled draft animal fell out its bones were clean within the hour.

From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson

It was, however, fitted with a big bronze ring to which a draft animal could be hitched.

From Naudsonce by Piper, H. Beam