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cart horse

noun

  1. a strong horse bred to draw heavy loads; draft horse.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cart horse1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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Example Sentences

At least,” he added, after a pause, “I used frequently to get rides on a cart-horse when I was a very little boy.

Seth Maxfield detained Gibbs for a few minutes to ask his advice about a favourite cart-horse.

If he had not the air of a thoroughbred, he had none of the plebeian clumsiness of the cart-horse.

Because she did so much, we said that she was as strong as a cart-horse.

I might take up my old simile of the race-horse and cart-horse.

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