wheel horse

or wheel-horse

noun

Also called wheeler. a horse, or one of the horses, harnessed behind others and nearest the front wheels of a vehicle.

Chiefly South Atlantic States. the left-hand horse of a pair hitched to a wagon or plow.

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a reliable, diligent, and strong worker.

Origin of wheel horse

First recorded in 1700–10

Words nearby wheel horse

wheelchair housing, wheel clamp, wheeled, wheeler, wheeler-dealer, wheel horse, wheelhouse, wheelie, wheelie bin, wheeling, wheel lock

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for wheel horse

He was instantly met and borne to the snow by Bones, the second “wheel-horse.”
On the Yukon Trail|Roy J. Snell
Had the other wheel-horse not been as steady as a rock, we would have gone right over.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.|Various
Garrett one day, "every church has to have a wheel-horse, and I might as well be the wheel-horse as any body."
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler|Pardee Butler
One gun upset when a wheel-horse was shot, and had to be abandoned, together with a waggon, the horses of which were killed.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 6)|Louis Creswicke

As a leader he was fine; as a wheel-horse, he was not always just to himself.
From Manassas to Appomattox|James Longstreet

British Dictionary definitions for wheel horse

wheel horse

noun

another word for wheeler (def. 1)

US and Canadian a person who works steadily or hard

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	wheel horse
释义	wheel horse or wheel-horse noun Also called wheeler. a horse, or one of the horses, harnessed behind others and nearest the front wheels of a vehicle. Chiefly South Atlantic States. the left-hand horse of a pair hitched to a wagon or plow. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a reliable, diligent, and strong worker. Origin of wheel horse First recorded in 1700–10 Words nearby wheel horse wheelchair housing, wheel clamp, wheeled, wheeler, wheeler-dealer, wheel horse, wheelhouse, wheelie, wheelie bin, wheeling, wheel lock Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wheel horse He was instantly met and borne to the snow by Bones, the second “wheel-horse.” On the Yukon Trail\|Roy J. Snell Had the other wheel-horse not been as steady as a rock, we would have gone right over. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.\|Various Garrett one day, "every church has to have a wheel-horse, and I might as well be the wheel-horse as any body." Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler\|Pardee Butler One gun upset when a wheel-horse was shot, and had to be abandoned, together with a waggon, the horses of which were killed. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 6)\|Louis Creswicke As a leader he was fine; as a wheel-horse, he was not always just to himself. From Manassas to Appomattox\|James Longstreet British Dictionary definitions for wheel horse wheel horse noun another word for wheeler (def. 1) US and Canadian a person who works steadily or hard Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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