Thesaurus results for PACKHORSE

packhorse

noun

Definition of packhorse

as in warhorse

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Recent Examples of packhorse After traveling a mile or two, the packhorses settled down, pretty much satisfied with their places. — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026 In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away. — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021 The jeep came into being in 1940, born of a need for a new breed of mechanized packhorse that could carry men and messages to the front lines with speed and agility and not necessarily with the benefit of roads. — Murray Rubenstein, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2020 The packhorse was Witt—the same kid who was spotted after his team’s state semifinal win in June picking up trash in the dugout. — Joan Niesen, SI.com, 10 July 2019 The Department of Justice countersued, producing evidence dating back more than a century showing that the public and the government consistently used the trail for packhorses and hike-ins. — Monte Reel, Bloomberg.com, 27 Oct. 2017 Unlike many New Deal projects, the packhorse plan required help from locals. — Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian, 21 June 2017

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Noun

The two old warhorses spent six years together at Madrid and won four Champions League titles.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
Strange but true; there could be a little more life in this old warhorse yet.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 2026

Definition of warhorse

Noun

There’ll still be animal exhibitions and a junior livestock auction, too, along with pony and camel rides and a petting zoo.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026
Hers is a story that begins with a pushchair, a pony, and a mother’s refusal to buy toys for her children.

— Gemma Redrup, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of pony

Noun

People still can pool together resources with friends to buy a racehorse for $10,000 and see what happens.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Sometimes that means being the one to say no — to the racehorse, the castle in Scotland, the vintage Ferrari.

— Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Definition of racehorse

Noun

Kentucky is the equine center of the nation, with horse farms producing prize-winning thoroughbreds, trotters, and pacers for many decades; distilleries have been making bourbon in the state legally (and illegally) for centuries.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026
Globe trotters are looking beyond the obvious places for richer experiences and smaller crowds, for destinations that offer a multitude of sights and experiences without the laborious schlepping from one country to the next.

— Meghan Palmer, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026

Definition of trotter

Noun

Hong Kong — A Chinese rocket set to launch a satellite into orbit blew-up seconds after liftoff Monday, marking the relatively rare failure for a rocket considered a workhorse of Beijing’s space program.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
The workhorse underneath it is MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a small model Microsoft built in-house.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of workhorse

Noun

Acceptable modes of transit include a 1969 Mini Cooper, any model of Range Rover that Prince Philip once drove, or a hackney carriage.

— Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
Feinberg is still driving under the same hackney carriage medallion that he was issued in 1975, according to police.

— Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018

Definition of hackney

Noun

On the car ride to the casino, Sarris is riffing on his friendship with Grateful Dead member Mickey Hart, who bought Sarris a quarter horse as a gift.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress has canceled its Saturday night card for quarter horses and thoroughbreds amid evacuations in the area of a malfunctioning chemical storage tank in nearby Garden Grove, track officials announced.

— Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 23 May 2026

Definition of quarter horse

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