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Cleveland bay [f. Cleveland, a district in Yorkshire + bay a.1 (and n.) 2.] Designating a breed of large, strong English horses, bay in colour with black legs, originating and chiefly bred in northern England.
1796J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses I. vi. 299 Breeders..may read of the wonderful exertions, in carting-business, upon the road, of the Cleveland Bays, a sort of coach-horses. 1831Youatt Horse iv. 36 The origin of the better kind of coach-horse is the Cleveland Bay, confined principally to Yorkshire and Durham. 1875Encycl. Brit. I. 385/1 The Cleveland Bays are properly carriage-horses; but still in their native districts they are largely employed for field work. 1958Everyman's Encycl. VI. 575/1 The Cleveland Bay..is commonly used in crossing to produce hunters, cavalry horses, and harness horses. |