Definition of Drayhorse

1. Noun. Draft horse kept for pulling carts.

Exact synonyms: Cart Horse, Carthorse
Generic synonyms: Draft Horse, Draught Horse, Dray Horse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drayhorse

drawsheet
drawsheets
drawspring
drawsprings
drawstring
drawstring bag
drawstrings
drawth
drawtube
drawtubes
dray
dray horse
drayage
drayages
drayed
drayhorse (current term)
draying
drayman
draymen
drays
drazel
drazels
dread
dread(a)
dreadable
dreaded
dreader
dreaders
dreadful
dreadfull

Literary usage of Drayhorse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1896)
"Thank * Mr. Wallace points out that any one acquainted merely with the “unaided productions of nature,” might reasonably doubt whether a drayhorse, ..."

2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... as the Duchess of Gordon expressed it, 'with teaching his drayhorse to caper,' that his speeches failed to convince (HOLLAND, Memoirs of the Whig Party, ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1855)
"... are great varieties—from the heavy drayhorse to the swift racer. This simile has again been adopted by the President, in his late address to the members ..."

4. The Life of Charles Lamb by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"I am a drayhorse if I was not asham'd of the indigested dirty lumber, as I toppled 'em out of the cart, and blest Becky that came with 'em for her having an ..."

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