shire horse

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shire horse
 
n
Often shortened to: shire a large heavy breed of carthorse with long hair on the fetlocks
 
[C19: so called because the breed was originally reared in the Shires. See shire1]

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shire horse

noun
British breed of large heavy draft horse [syn: shire
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