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Definition of Plough horse
1. Noun. A horse used to pull a plow.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plough Horse
Literary usage of Plough horse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1852)
"Busby, W. Two or four-horse plough, horse hoe on the ridge, ribbing corn drill
... UK Howard, J. and F. Two-horse XX. plough, four-horse plough, horse rake. ..."
2. British Farmer's Magazine (1851)
"Busby, W., United Kingdom, two or four-horse plough, horse- hoe on the ridge,
ribbing corn-drill, and cart Crosskill, W., United Kingdom, Norwegian harrow, ..."
3. The Christian Examiner (1843)
"He must be a saddle-horse, a gig-horse, and a cart and plough- horse all combined,
... He must not only be a plough-horse, but he should be able, at times, ..."
4. The Life of Henry Bradley Plant by George Hutchinson Smyth, George Sherwood Dickerman (1898)
"... Diffidence—Mr. Plant's After-Dinner Speeches—His Mother's Second Marriage—
Stepfather Kind to Henry—Thrown by a plough horse and nearly Killed—Attended ..."
5. The Christian Examiner and General Review edited by Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware (1843)
"He must be a saddle-horse, a gig-horse, and a cart and plough- horse all combined,
... He must not only be a plough-horse, but he should be able, at times, ..."
6. The Decimal System of Numbers: Illustrated and Practically Applied, by a by Dana Pond Colburn (1852)
"Esquire Jones bought for his farm a plough-horse worth 50 dollars ... How much
more did he pay for it than for his plough-horse? How much more than for his ..."
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