percheron
percheron is the alternative form of Percheron.
Noun capitalized: Percheron
Percheron (plural Percherons)
- A breed of draught horse of a large, strong, usually dapple-grey type.
- His name was Wolfe and he had about twenty-eight young Percheron stallions and mares[.]1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 49
- A team of black Percherons, stomping and nodding against the traces and blowing blossomy plumes from their frost-ringed nostrils, stood at the front of the car, hitched to its bumper with logging chains […].1975, Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 95
Forms of percheron
| plural | percherons |
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| plural | Percherons |
Origin of percheron
From French Percheron, from Perche, the name of a region of northern France where the horses are bred.
Questions about percheron
- What does percheron mean?
- Percheron means a breed of draught horse of a large, strong, usually dapple-grey type.
- What is percheron the alternative form of?
- Percheron is the alternative form of Percheron.
- What part of speech is percheron?
- Percheron is a noun.
- What is the plural of percheron?
- The plural of percheron is percherons.
Words near percheron in the dictionary
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