packhorse

[ UK /pˈækhɔːs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a workhorse used as a pack animal
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How To Use packhorse In A Sentence

  • I think of Derwent Hall and the shallow river that ran beside it, the packhorse bridge and the bridle path. LEARNING TO TALK: SHORT STORIES
  • The rich, throat-catching smell of hard worked packhorses hit me even as I drew in a sharp gasp of amazement.
  • The bandolero caught up the packhorse's leadrope but the packhorse balked and squatted on its haunches.
  • In the foreground a packhorse, loaded with merchandize, is driven towards an inn (with welcoming hostess); a network of inns across the country was important for commerce.
  • The rest of the Moshaine followed at a run, algai'd'siswai and wives and children, jumping down on the fly, craftsfolk and traders and gai'shain, most pulling heavily loaded packhorses and mules, near to six thousand altogether. A Crown of Swords
  • By the time he was four he would have been riding an old packhorse. EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON
  • The green lanes used by off-roaders are hundreds of years old, and were intended for horses and carts, pedestrians, packhorses, cattle and sheep.
  • A one-horse cart could carry much more than a packhorse but travelled more slowly.
  • But perhaps they would be lucky, and the supplies and the packhorse would be in the middle of all the juniper trees up at the top of the hill.
  • The "cayuse" bell sounded nearer and nearer, and directly from the dense forest a packhorse came stepping with care over the fallen logs, where the sign of a trail was yet dim to any eyes but those of a woodsman. That Girl Montana
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