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packhorses

packhorses is the plural of packhorse.

Meaning of packhorse

Noun

packhorse (plural packhorses)

  1. A horse used as a pack animal.
    • The two Indians were finished with their own saddling, the camp gear was packed, and already the extra saddle horses and their one packhorse were haltered so they could be led back to the ranch.1981, James Powell, chapter 8, in The Malpais Rider (A Double D Western), Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, →ISBN, page 62

Questions about packhorses

What is packhorses the plural of?
Packhorses is the plural of packhorse.

Words near packhorses in the dictionary

  1. packfong
  2. Packham
  3. packhorse
  4. packhorse bridge
  5. packhorse bridges
  6. packhorses
  7. packhound
  8. packhounds
  9. packhouse
  10. packhouses
  11. packie

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