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Definition of Garron
1. n. Same as Garran.
Definition of Garron
1. Noun. A small and usually disdained type of horse, typically bred in Scotland and Ireland. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Garron
1. a small, sturdy horse [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garron
Literary usage of Garron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1843)
"About half way, we reach garron Point, a promontory that runs out into the ocean,
... and thence to garron Point, nothing can exceed the romantic beauty and ..."
2. Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart, the Second and Third by Archibald Alison (1861)
"Not content with this, Lord Londonderry determined on constructing a castle on
his hereditary romantic estate of garron, on the north-east coast of Ireland, ..."
3. Soldier and Traveller: Memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in by Alexander Haughton Campbell Gardner (1898)
"MESSRS CAMPBELL AND garron. These gentlemen are mentioned by Masson the traveller
as commanding regiments in the Sikh army. They are included in Gardner's ..."
4. Points of the Horse: A Treatise on the Conformation, Movements, Breeds and by Matthew Horace Hayes (1904)
"... Forest Pony—Welsh Ponies and Horses—The Clydesdale—The Athole garron—The
Shetland Pony— Hebridean Ponies—The West Highland Pony—Irish Horses and Ponies. ..."
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