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Definition of Draught horse
1. Noun. Horse adapted for drawing heavy loads.
Generic synonyms: Workhorse
Specialized synonyms: Cart Horse, Carthorse, Drayhorse, Clydesdale, Percheron, Shire, Shire Horse, Pole Horse, Poler, Wheel Horse, Wheeler, Coach Horse
Definition of Draught horse
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of draft horse) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Draught Horse
Literary usage of Draught horse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horse: With a Treatise on Draught by William Youatt, Walker Watson (1866)
"Many a good draught horse knows well what he can effect ; and, after he has
attempted it and failed, no torture of the whip will induce him to strain his ..."
2. Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British by Henry William Herbert (1857)
"OF THE VERMONT DRAUGHT-HORSE. In the first place, of the Vermont draught-bone,
... The above cut is a portrait from life of a fine gray draught horse, ..."
3. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut Council of Safety, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1880)
"... carriage with one man and draught horse, three times the sum of the stated
fare of such ferry for man, horse and load, and for each person or horse more ..."
4. The Farm and the Fireside: Or, The Romance of Agriculture. Being Half Hour by John Lauris Blake (1852)
"Thus, in scarcely more than twenty-four hours, dragging that carry-all, with its
load, she went eighty-four miles. draught horse OF NORMANDY ..."
5. A New Family Encyclopedia; Or Compendium of Universal Knowledge by Charles Augustus Goodrich (1831)
"HEAVY draught horse. CLEAVELAND BAYS.—SUFFOLK PUNCH. ... Many a good draught
horse knows well what he can effect ; and after he has attempted it and failed, ..."