Packhorse

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A horse used as a pack animal.

    "Finally they put him on one of De Soto's packhorses, but even on a packhorse his feet hung down to within a few inches of the ground."

  2. 2
    a workhorse used as a pack animal wordnet

Example

More examples

"Finally they put him on one of De Soto's packhorses, but even on a packhorse his feet hung down to within a few inches of the ground."

Etymology

From pack + horse.

Related phrases

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