Definitions

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

  • noun A strong horse used for pulling carts or other heavy loads.

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

  • noun a horse kept for pulling carts; a horse bred or used for drawing heavy loads.

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  • noun A large, strong horse used for pulling heavy loads.

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

  • noun draft horse kept for pulling carts

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Examples

  • There's nothing overtly Christmassy about Young James Herriot, a new series set in 1930s Glasgow about the student days of Britain's favourite vet; but frankly, you don't really need more than a sick carthorse, newborn puppies and a grimy urchin to feel the season's syrupy niceness seeping in.

    Phil Hogan's Christmas TV highlights 2011

  • “Is this Jacou?” asked Mary, as a stable boy led out a large, rough-coated animal, grey in color, and more like a carthorse than a charger.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • “Is this Jacou?” asked Mary, as a stable boy led out a large, rough-coated animal, grey in color, and more like a carthorse than a charger.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • “Is this Jacou?” asked Mary, as a stable boy led out a large, rough-coated animal, grey in color, and more like a carthorse than a charger.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • The character of carthorse Steve also featured in animated films and various books and booklets, the latter mainly appearing after the war published by Perry Colour Books.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Steve 2009

  • There was a concussion, and the black horse came staggering sideways, and the carthorse pushed beside it.

    The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

  • He thought Lafite the acme of elegance, a racehorse beside the thoroughbred of Mouton and the carthorse of Latour.

    'The Billionaire's Vinegar' 2008

  • Dasie's mount was a carthorse, chosen solely because he could carry her weight; her mount had little experience as a saddle horse and she had even less experience as a rider.

    Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008

  • A queen was not obliged to follow the practice so long in use, to put on a cuirass, and cover her limbs with armor, and set off trotting against the enemy upon a carthorse.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • There was a concussion, and the black horse came staggering sideways, and the carthorse pushed beside it.

    The War of The Worlds by H. G. Wells: Part 4 | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2005

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