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Strong draught animal
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shire horse
Word definitions for shire horse in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Shire horse is a breed of draught horse ( BrE ) or draft horse ( AmE ). The breed comes in many colours , including black , bay and grey . They are a tall breed, with mares standing and over and stallions standing and over. The breed has an enormous ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. British breed of large heavy draft horse [syn: shire ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The tallest breed of draught horse.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A farmer is using a shire horse to pull the millstone which crushes the fruit. ▪ There is also a shire horse souvenir shop. ▪ Well, if I did, I'd need to sell old Blazer and buy a shire horse to carry me!
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shire horse \Shire horse\ One of an English breed of heavy draft horses believed to be descended largely from the horses used in war in the days of heavy armor. They are the largest of the British draft breeds, and have long hair on the back of the cannons ...
Usage examples of shire horse.
The beast bore a passing resemblance to a Terran shire horse, except for the six legs and a double dip of its spine over the extra set of shoulder-hips.
I spotted the Shire horse and the other clerks who had run on ahead of us.
As soon as all the light had died, Old George said softly: 'Whoa, Polly,' and the great shire horse splashed to a halt and stood there with the water rippling past his legs.
He had a good broom in his hands, but even the stiff shire horse bristles weren't enough to scrub the dried-on vomit off the floor.
The shire horse was becoming unfortunately flatulent in his old age.
Drom was a likable chap, wasn't he, and Mudge didn't look in the least like a shire horse, did he?
Eleanor swerved round it smoothly, drawing a frightened whmny from the mud-caked shire horse and a shaken fist from the driver.
Not surprising, really, when he considered that he had just made his way across a freezing Ice Age forest and fought off a hyena the size of a young shire horse.
I could glimpse the varnished wood, the young shire horse between his shafts, the curve of a spoked wheel behind a fence.