drayhorse

noun
/ˈdreɪhɔːs/UK/ˈdreɪˌhɔrs/US

Etymology

First attested in 1645; compound of dray + horse.

Definitions

  1. A large, powerful horse used for pulling drays.

    • Then his dray-horſe and he, in the ſtreets we did ſee, With his hanger, his ſling, and bis jacket; Long time he did watch, to meet with his match; For he'd ever a mind to the placket.
  2. Someone who undergoes or underwent many a hardship, who suffers some great burden

    Someone who undergoes or underwent many a hardship, who suffers some great burden; a burdened, beleaguered, downtrodden man.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for drayhorse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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