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Definition of Drayhorse
1. Noun. Draft horse kept for pulling carts.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drayhorse
Literary usage of Drayhorse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1896)
"Thank * Mr. Wallace points out that any one acquainted merely with the “unaided
productions of nature,” might reasonably doubt whether a drayhorse, ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... as the Duchess of Gordon expressed it, 'with teaching his drayhorse to caper,'
that his speeches failed to convince (HOLLAND, Memoirs of the Whig Party, ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1855)
"... are great varieties—from the heavy drayhorse to the swift racer. This simile
has again been adopted by the President, in his late address to the members ..."
4. The Life of Charles Lamb by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"I am a drayhorse if I was not asham'd of the indigested dirty lumber, as I
toppled 'em out of the cart, and blest Becky that came with 'em for her having an ..."
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