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    DRAY HORSE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Horse adapted for drawing heavy loadsplay

    Synonyms:

    draft horse; draught horse; dray horse

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("dray 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 "dray 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)

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