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Definition of Plow horse
1. Noun. A horse used to pull a plow.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plow Horse
Literary usage of Plow horse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kentucky Opinions by Kentucky Court of Appeals, John Morgan Chinn, J. K. Roberts, Charles Middleton McDonald, Daniel Woolsey Crockett, Kentucky law reporter (1907)
"He was weak in the back, or loins as the evidence shows, and could not be used,
as a plow horse, nor for any other service, on that account. ..."
2. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1848)
"What are the peculiar qualities of this horse as a plow horse ? 2. Which of these
qualities are requisite for a good plow horse, and which are not ? 3. ..."
3. The Standard Horse Book by Dennis Magner (1893)
"For slow, drudging work, we have the coarse-grained, patient, heavy cart or plow
horse, while for quick, long-continued exertion, we have the lithe ..."
4. The Indians of the Pike's Peak Region: Including an Account of the Battle of by Irving Howbert (1914)
"I had the misfortune to draw a rawboned, square-built old plow horse, upon which
thereafter I spent a good many uncomfortable hours. ..."
5. A Brief English Grammar by Fred Newton Scott, Gertrude Buck (1905)
"Thus, "The animal was a broken-down plow-horse," is a simple sentence, while "The
animal [that] he bestrode was a broken- down plow-horse that had outlived ..."
6. A Brief English Grammar by Fred Newton Scott, Gertrude Buck (1906)
"Thus, "The animal was a broken-down plow-horse," is a simple sentence, while "The
animal [that] he bestrode was a broken- down plow-horse that had outlived ..."
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