harness horse
Americannoun
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a horse used for pulling vehicles.
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a horse used in harness racing.
Etymology
Origin of harness horse
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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He also won against a harness horse in which he spotted the trotter a 20-length lead.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
Leerhsen, who is the author of biographies of Ty Cobb and the harness horse Dan Patch, amply demonstrates that cowboys are in his corral.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2020
The shopping mall takes its name from Freehold Raceway, America’s oldest harness horse racing track, dating from the 1830s.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2019
Illinois' only two harness horse racing tracks kept their promise to the Illinois Racing Board as they filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday to continue operations into 2015 and protect themselves against property seizure.
From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 24, 2014
Every kind of harness horse was worth forty, fifty, a hundred pounds apiece, and only to ask it; some of 'em weedy and bad enough, Heaven knows.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf
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