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packhorse

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pack·horse  (pkhôrs)
n.
A horse used as a pack animal.
packhorse
Noun
a horse used to carry goods
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.packhorsepackhorse - a workhorse used as a pack animal    
pack animal, sumpter - an animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads
workhorse - a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor
Translations
packhorse [ˈpækhɔːs] n → caballo de carga


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He was sitting in his foreign uniform on an hussar packhorse and looked anxiously about him; The sword cut on his arm could scarcely be called a wound.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The snow which had fallen in the night made it late in the morning before the party loaded their solitary packhorse, and resumed their march.
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This party consisted of sixty men, well mounted, and conducting a line of packhorses.
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