Crossword clues for carthorse
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cart \Cart\ (k[aum]rt), n. [AS. cr[ae]t; cf. W. cart, Ir. & Gael. cairt, or Icel. kartr. Cf. Car.]
A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. ``Ph[oe]bus' cart.''
--Shak.-
A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
Packing all his goods in one poor cart.
--Dryden. A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc.
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An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
Cart horse, a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or used for drawing heavy loads; -- also spelled carthorse.
Cart rope, a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any strong rope.
To put the cart before the horse, To get the cart before the horse, or To set the cart before the horse, to invert the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting an effect for a cause; to do things in an improper order.
carthorse \cart"horse`\, cart horse \cart" horse`\n. a horse kept for pulling carts; a horse bred or used for drawing heavy loads.
Syn: drayhorse.
Wiktionary
alt. A large, strong horse used for pulling heavy loads. n. A large, strong horse used for pulling heavy loads.
WordNet
n. draft horse kept for pulling carts [syn: cart horse, drayhorse]
Usage examples of "carthorse".
It was one of the things that had attracted him to Olga and, before that, to Tapper Sugg and the barmaid at the Cat and Carthorse just over the hill.
He had also taken two of the captured gun-limbers, each harnessed behind a pair of carthorses that had been discovered in a meadow by the village and which now drew the Marines' packs and supplies.
The horses were barely broken, thick-limbed yet tall, a breed the Irregulars claimed was their ownbloodlines that included Nathi destriers, Mott carthorses and Genabarü drays, all drawn together to produce a large, sturdy, ill-tempered animal with a surprisingly wide back that made riding them a luxury.
One of their carthorses had gone lame and wore a poultice on its off-hind foot, and the canvas they had used to cover the hay on the way in had leaked, spoiling half the hay, which had burst its bales and now covered the street and the floor of their stall.
Spiders the size of carthorses, eight-eyed, eight-legged, black, hairy, gigantic.
Spiders the size of carthorses, eight-eyed, eight-legged, black, hairy, gigantic.