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
He is rescued by a book — the tale of the great American harness horse Hambletonian — and the second book is cunningly there within the first, embedded inside the story.
From New York Times • May 13, 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
Load milk on express, harness horse, away to factory mile away—get whey return.
From Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Various Aspects of the Problem of Abortion in New Zealand by McMillan, D. G. (David Gervan)
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