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carthorse

noun

Etymology

From Middle English carthors, cartehors, from Old English crætehors (“a carthorse”), equivalent to cart + horse.

  1. inherited from crætehors — “a carthorse”
  2. inherited from carthors

Definitions

  1. A large, strong horse used for pulling heavy loads.

    • The blacksmith's forge shone bright on the opposite side of the way, and the proprietor had the hind-leg of a carthorse in his leather-coated lap.
    • He is not a man of independent fortune, for he works like a carthorse.
    • Athelstan Arundel walked home[…], foaming and raging. […] He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA