Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A draft horse of a breed developed in France, having a gray or black coat and noted for its strength.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Noting a horse of a breed brought to perfection in Perche, a region of northern France, south of Normandy.
  • noun A horse of the Percheron breed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, a former district of France.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun one of a breed of grey or black draft horses originally used in France to draw heavy coaches or artillery

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from Perche, a historical region of northwest France.]

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From French.

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Examples

  • In the same way he looked on when Jerry fought fearful comic battles with Norman Chief, the great Percheron stallion.

    CHAPTER XXXV 2010

  • Men in black pants and suspenders with white shirts guide plows through the earth by the power of four dark grey Percheron horses.

    Mark Cassello: Can America Return to an Indigenous Economy? 2010

  • His son, in his early twenties, had a colt in the crossties, a Percheron, well-built and fit with a black hide that shone like a pair of new boots.

    The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010

  • Captured by slave traders in the inhospitable desert, Lazar fought his way to freedom, earning the coveted position of Spur of Percheron.

    Free eBooks: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman and Odalisque by Fiona McIntosh 2008

  • "Snotty young otter told us we'd find you here, " the other Percheron declared gruffly.

    The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010

  • Eos Blog has Fiona McIntosh talking about creating fantasy worlds, specifically for her latest book Odalisque, the first book in The Percheron Saga.

    SF Tidbits for 4/3/08 2008

  • Men in black pants and suspenders with white shirts guide plows through the earth by the power of four dark grey Percheron horses.

    Mark Cassello: Can America Return to an Indigenous Economy? Mark Cassello 2010

  • Captured by slave traders in the inhospitable desert, Lazar fought his way to freedom, earning the coveted position of Spur of Percheron.

    September 2008 2008

  • They bring out the calandrias and the Percheron horses, which are only used in parades, never in charreadas.

    Dia del Charro 2007 2007

  • FM: Well, my third series has a working title of Percheron and this will have a far more exotic setting than my previous two which I don't doubt will be a challenge.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Freedomstar 2009

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