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dray horse

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noun

  1. a draft horse used for pulling a dray.


Example Sentences

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When a dairy wagon passed in the other direction, I watched the two beautiful white-footed dray horses that were pulling it.

From Literature

At the same time, he turned the Joint Special Operations Command into a dray horse.

From New York Times

It’s as if, instead of the Kentucky Derby, viewers were urged to enjoy the spectacle of thoroughbreds harnessed as dray horses.

From The New Yorker

“I sort of felt like an old dray horse, clicking in,” Mr. Irwin said.

From New York Times

He was riding one dray horse and leading the others.

From Literature