draught-horse

The anarchic Bush has rummaged through the Bill of Rights like a draught-horse in a steeple-case.

George Bush and the Four Horsemen 2005

A skillful puppet-master, Cheney has lurched to the top of the political anthill straddling his Crawford draught-horse.

You��re doin�� a Heck of a Job, Dick Cheney 2005

And in this manner I won a footing, leaning well forward like a draught-horse, and balancing on my strength as it were, with the ashen stake set behind me.

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

Lover gives this picture of them: "There was Lady Morgan, with her irrepressible vivacity, her humor that indulged in the most audacious illustrations, and her candor which had small respect for time or place in its expression, and who, by the side of her tranquil, steady, contemplative husband, suggested the notion of a Barbary colt harnessed to a patient English draught-horse."

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various

A horse can scarcely lift two-thirds of its own weight, while one small species of June-beetle can lift sixty-six times its weight; forty thousand such June-beetles could lift as much as a draught-horse.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 Various

A teacher who is not capable of so discriminating and anticipating the wants of each pupil, is not a teacher in the best sense of the word, any more than a man is a horse trainer who cannot differentiate between a heavy draught-horse and a light roadster.

Doctor Jones' Picnic

(Iron was very costly in the Middle Ages, and a draught-horse still more so.)

The Conquest of Bread Peter Kropotkin

An average draught-horse will draw 1600 lbs. 23 miles per day on a level road, weight of wagon included.

Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs

Miss Wright backed up to the chair rather in the manner of a draught-horse, got half-way towards sitting on it, but thought better of this, and giggled.

Overture to Death Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1939

A tumbrel drawn by a strong Normandy draught-horse, and closely surrounded by horsemen in violet livery with white crosses, had just entered the Place from the Rue Saint-Pierre aux Bœufs.

VI. Three Various Hearts of Men. Book VIII 1917