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yardhorses

yardhorses is the plural of yardhorse.

Meaning of yardhorse

Noun

yardhorse (plural yardhorses)

  1. A heavy-duty tractor designed for moving shipping containers on chassis around a shipping terminal.
    • Plaintiffs contended that on the night of the subject accident the decedent unhooked the yardhorse from a trailer and had parked it 10 feet in front of the trailer to drop a nosepin on the trailer; that after the decedent left the yardgoat- and while he was attempting to lower the nosepin, the...1975, Jury Verdicts Weekly - Volume 19, page 4

Questions about yardhorses

What is yardhorses the plural of?
Yardhorses is the plural of yardhorse.

Words near yardhorses in the dictionary

  1. yardgaritas
  2. yardgoat
  3. yardgoats
  4. yardgrass
  5. yardhorse
  6. yardhorses
  7. yardie
  8. yardies
  9. yarding
  10. yardkeep
  11. yardkeeps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yardhorses (page history and authors); yardhorse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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