Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carthorse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: carthorse
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large, strong horse used for pulling heavy loads.

Example Sentences

"The blacksmith's forge shone bright on the opposite side of the way, and the proprietor had the hind-leg of a carthorse in his leather-coated lap."
"He is not a man of independent fortune, for he works like a carthorse."
"Athelstan Arundel walked home[…], foaming and raging. […] He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them."

Etymology

From Middle English carthors, cartehors, from Old English crætehors (“a carthorse”), equivalent to cart + horse.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: carthors, crætehors

Inflected Forms

carthorses (plural) cart horse (alternative) cart-horse (alternative)

Synonyms

cart horse drayhorse

Questions

What does carthorse mean?: A large, strong horse used for pulling heavy loads.
Where does carthorse come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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