carthorse

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carthorse

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From Middle English carthors, cartehors, from Old English crætehors (“a carthorse”), equivalent to cart + horse.

noun carthorses · cart horse · cart-horse

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.

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"carthorse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/carthorse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{carthorse_2026,
  title = {carthorse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carthorse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}