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单词 artillery horse
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artillery horse
artillery horse n. now chiefly historical a horse used to pull and manoeuvre cannon and other heavy munitions on the battlefield; cf. horse-artillery n. at horse n. Compounds 1e(a).
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1703 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Europe 1702 329 Artillery Horses kill'd 28.
1815 Times 30 Nov. 2/5 The heavy ration shall be given for..artillery horses that draw the guns and caissons.
1915 Big Piney (Wyoming) Examiner 1 July (advt.) An Artillery horse should be heavier [than a Cavalry horse], at least 15 hands 1 inch in height, and what one would call a work horse.
2003 S. R. Schrepfer & P. Scranton Industrializing Organisms 155 Artillery horses suffered particularly high casualties. When a field commander ordered up the artillery, six-horse teams galloped the guns from the rear.
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