shire horse
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of shire horse
C19: so called because the breed was originally reared in the Shires. See shire 1
Example Sentences
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A pair of orphaned racehorse foals have been adopted by a shire horse in Devon.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023
Sammy the shire horse had recently lost her own foal when the thoroughbreds, whose own mothers had died, were brought into her care.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023
Inspired by William Shakespeare's "The Tempest", it opens with a recreation of bucolic bliss, complete with fields, fences, hedges, sheep, geese, a shire horse, shepherdesses and even a game of village cricket.
From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2012
Titled "Isles of Wonder", it opens with a recreation of bucolic bliss, complete with fields, hedges, sheep, geese, a shire horse, shepherdesses and even a game of village cricket.
From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2012
The wicker casket will be drawn to the church by Cranford Crystal, who is not, as you vaguely suppose, Dame Judi Dench but a shire horse of impeccable pedigree.
From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2011
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