Packhorse

Definition of packhorse:

part of speech: noun

A horse formerly used to carry goods in panniers.

Usage examples for packhorse:

• You run your packhorse and I'll rive yuh five to one on him! "Cow-Country", B. M. Bower.

• It would probably mean the filling of the two baskets hanging on either side of the packhorse "The History of London", Walter Besant.

• Their father and mother had died of the small- pox and left them, when quite young children, upon the parish: but old Walters of the Packhorse he was great- grandfather of the Walters that keeps it now- took a liking to them and employed them, first about his stables and in course of time as post- boys. "The Delectable Duchy", Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch.