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noun
A horse used as a pack animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: bottle-horse, rowney, sumpter, sumpter horse
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a workhorse used as a pack animal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pack animal, sumpter, workhorse
History
From pack + horse, possibly (from an uncertain date) via Middle English palhors (read pakhorse).
