draft animal
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
But through the long winter the dog is practically the only draft animal that can be utilised by the inhabitants of those regions.
From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by Laughlin, J. E.
It was, however, fitted with a big bronze ring to which a draft animal could be hitched.
From Naudsonce by Piper, H. Beam
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