Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Drawn by four horses: as, a four-horse coach.

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Examples

  • "'I was hatched in a box-stall,' says I." An 'just then -- you remember that four-horse load of machinery that come in after me?

    CHAPTER IV 2010

  • Take the test I gave him with the four-horse load.

    CHAPTER V 2010

  • On top of the entire perimeter of the wall was a road wide enough for a four-horse chariot to be driven.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • On top of the entire perimeter of the wall was a road wide enough for a four-horse chariot to be driven.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • On May 12, 1911 during Jack and Charmian's four-horse trip to Oregon, Eliza Shepard, (Jack's step sister and ranch superintendant) managed to get the cottage livable for them until completion of Wolf House.

    Jack London Ranch Cottage 2010

  • Said he'd put me to drivin 'in a few days, an' that there wasn't enough good four-horse men to let one go easily.

    CHAPTER V 2010

  • But 46% is a good result in a four-horse race, even if the pro-Romney camp's burn rate was very high.

    Florida Republican primary results – live 2012

  • On top of the entire perimeter of the wall was a road wide enough for a four-horse chariot to be driven.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • Jack and Charmian moved into this cottage September 5, 1911, upon their return from their four-horse trip through Northern California and Oregon.

    Jack London's Home Open to Visitors 2010

  • "One day," he said, when asked about the four-horse gamble two weeks ago.

    Barney Curley is back on course after his four-horse betting coup 2010

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