draw horsen.
/ˈdrɔː hɔːs/, U.S. /ˈdrɔ ˌhɔrs/, /ˈdrɑ ˌhɔrs/ 1. A horse used for pulling a cart, plough, etc., a draught horse. Now historical and rare.
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1670 T. Gouge Young Man's Guide xiii. 99 Note this, O young men, who count it a glory to be able to bear much drink; a glory more fit for a Draw-horse than a man.
1789 Gentleman's & London Mag. Jan. 21/1 A dray, or rather draw-horse, is the most useful animal in the creation.
1853 Amer. Phrenol. Jrnl. Mar. 54/1 Schools in which, like the draw-horse, the boy or the girl has been whipped round and round the wheel.
1990 R. Friedman In search of Western Oregon 699 The road groans up Deadhorse Grade, so named because a draw horse keeled over dead on this spiraling (and for some, agonizing) ascent.
2. In woodworking: a wooden workbench consisting of a stool with a vice for holding work on which a draw knife (draw knife n.) is used; = shaving horse n. at shaving n. Compounds 2.
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1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xvii. 160 Near Hash stands the draw-horse on which he smooths and squares his shingles.
1998 Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, Va.) 22 Sept. (Skyline section) 9/3 (caption) Carl Turner..sits on a draw horse and trims off bark from oak that will be split.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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