DRAFT HORSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does draft horse mean? 

• DRAFT HORSE (noun)
  The noun DRAFT HORSE has 1 sense:

1. horse adapted for drawing heavy loads

  Familiarity information: DRAFT HORSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAFT HORSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Horse adapted for drawing heavy loads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

draft horse; draught horse; dray horse

Hypernyms ("draft horse" is a kind of...):

workhorse (a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "draft horse"):

cart horse; carthorse; drayhorse (draft horse kept for pulling carts)

Clydesdale (heavy feathered-legged breed of draft horse originally from Scotland)

Percheron (one of a breed of grey or black draft horses originally used in France to draw heavy coaches or artillery)

shire; shire horse (British breed of large heavy draft horse)

pole horse; poler (a draft horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle)

wheel horse; wheeler (a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle)

coach horse (strong draft horse for drawing coaches)