Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
carthorse .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word carthorses.
Examples
-
Without a clear picture, many writers find they struggle to continue writing about that character, they becomes muddied or confused, characters simply become carthorses for ideologies or created to solve an issue the plot has right now.
-
She had them executed in a terrible and ingenious fashion, torn limb from limb by carthorses.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
-
The reason I am confident about selective breeding for athletic prowess is that the qualities needed are so similar to those that demonstrably work in the breeding of racehorses and carthorses, of greyhounds and sledge dogs.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
-
The reason I am confident about selective breeding for athletic prowess is that the qualities needed are so similar to those that demonstrably work in the breeding of racehorses and carthorses, of greyhounds and sledge dogs.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
-
She had them executed in a terrible and ingenious fashion, torn limb from limb by carthorses.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
-
She had them executed in a terrible and ingenious fashion, torn limb from limb by carthorses.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
-
This included using chemical stimulants; placing a blanket soaked in mares 'urine on stallions; and even introducing reluctant thoroughbreds to a harem of carthorses in the hope that they might be stimulated by "rough trade".
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2008
-
Labour on the farm was gruelling, with only rudimentary mechanisation; carthorses did the work of the tractors that lay many years in Kiln Farms future.
Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008
-
Labour on the farm was gruelling, with only rudimentary mechanisation; carthorses did the work of the tractors that lay many years in Kiln Farms future.
Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008
-
This included using chemical stimulants; placing a blanket soaked in mares 'urine on stallions; and even introducing reluctant thoroughbreds to a harem of carthorses in the hope that they might be stimulated by "rough trade".
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.