packhorse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A horse used as a pack animal.

Word forms

packhorse packhorses pack horse pack-horse

Etymology

From pack + horse, possibly (from an uncertain date) via Middle English palhors (read pakhorse).

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