cart horse
cart horse is the alternative form of carthorse.
Meaning of carthorse
Noun
carthorse (plural carthorses)
- A large, strong horse used for pulling heavy loads.
- The blacksmith's forge shone bright on the opposite side of the way, and the proprietor had the hind-leg of a carthorse in his leather-coated lap.1840, Horace Smith, editor, Memoirs, Letters, and Comic Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, of the Late James Smith
Forms of cart horse
| plural | cart horses |
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Questions about cart horse
- What is cart horse the alternative form of?
- Cart horse is the alternative form of carthorse.
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