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packhorse

[ pak-hawrs ]

noun

  1. a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
  2. a person who works hard or bears a heavy load of responsibility.


packhorse

/ ˈpækˌhɔːs /

noun

  1. a horse used to transport goods, equipment, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

They had parked the car and Val complained that he had become a sort of packhorse, and anything but patient one.

You're the man I saw 'knocking down your check,' as you called it, at an inn near here called the Packhorse.

And he went outside in search of Stanesby, whom he found strapping their swags on to the packhorse.

In the afternoon they reached a little town, whence a cart conveyed them to the "Packhorse."

When I rode up to Jack's place I saw his horse and packhorse tied up outside the gate.

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