shaft-horse

They heaped the coach up with hay, put the collar off the lame shaft-horse under the seat, in case we might want to fit it on to the horse to be bought at Tula ....

A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

“Beauty” (that was the left shaft-horse brought up from the country) “has been badly shod and is quite lame,” he said.

Anna Karenina 2003

He loosened the shaft-horse carefully, though somewhat nervously, she shook her head, backed a little, and went down a slope which had no business there at all.

Virgin Soil 2003

Yermolaï had spoken the truth: the shaft-horse really could not put its hoof to the ground.

A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

All of a sudden the head of the shaft-horse shook, his ears pricked up; he gave a snort, began to move.

A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

‘What are you up to?’ sang out the peasant at intervals, pulling at the shaft-horse.

Rudin 2003

He got onto the box, took the reins from Markelov, pulled the shaft-horse a little to one side, and the carriage, after one or two jerks, rolled along more smoothly and evenly.

Virgin Soil 2003

The latter took out the leaders in good time and led the shaft-horse by the reins, using every possible precaution — but our heedless compatriot did not even climb down from his box!

A Hero of Our Time 2003

The shaft-horse seemed to float through the air, and the trace-horses went, I can tell you, like a regular whirlwind.

A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

"Yes, as much as the shaft-horse is friend to the leader -- on condition that each will take his share of the draught, and eat his feed by himself."

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