drayhorse

Phillips brought here a pair of horse-shoes belonging to a drayhorse of the firm of Truman,

Travels in Morocco 2003

He could no longer serve his country in Paris, or create it in Philadelphia; he did not have to work like a drayhorse; he was beyond his mistakes.

America's First Dynasty Richard Brookhiser 2002

Six feet six towered this hair-thicketed ogre, with a chest like a drayhorse, and arms as thick as stovepipes.

The Devil's Asteroid Manly Wade Wellman 1944

Didst fettle for the great grey drayhorse his bright and battering sandal!

Felix Randal 1918

Pegasus were more truly figured as a drayhorse than a steed with wings; he jogs along trot-trot, and occasionally he stands at an obstinate pause.

Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895

She lifts Tobin's hand, which is own brother to the hoof of a drayhorse, and examines it to see whether 'tis a stone in the frog or a cast shoe he has come for.

The Four Million O. Henry 1886

Didst fettle for the great grey drayhorse his bright and battering sandal!

Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published Gerard Manley Hopkins 1866

Although there are many varieties of the horse genus -- scores of them, widely differing from each other -- they can all be easily recognised by these characteristic marks, from the "Suffolk Punch," the great London drayhorse, down to his diminutive little cousin the "Shetland Pony."

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

Although such a drayhorse-looking animal, he could throw the ground behind him amazingly; and the deep-holding clay in which he now found himself was admirably suited to his short, powerful legs and enormous stride.

Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833

Taglioni flogged herself like a drayhorse for six hours a day, mastering everything her father knew and experimenting with stunts from Italy, where men and women were hoicking themselves up on their toes, even their toe points, no mean feat in satin slippers faintly stiffened with rows of darning stitch.

The Guardian World News Veronica Horwell 2011