Shire horsen.

Forms: Also shires horse.

Etymology: See quot. 1888; compare shire n.

A horse of a heavy powerful breed, used for draught, chiefly bred in the midland counties of England. Also known as the Old English Black Horse.

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1875 S. Sidney Bk. Horse xii. 268 The Shire Horse.

1877 Field 14 Apr. 447/3 The Shires or Old English Cart Horse.

1877 Field 14 Apr. 447/3 Influential breeders of the Shires horse should combine together and [etc.].

1888 W. Gilbey Great Horse (1899) 52 Arthur Young, in the latter part of the last century,..mentions only two varieties of Cart Horse as deserving attention, namely, the Large Black Old English Horse, ‘the produce principally of the Shire counties in the heart of England and the Sorrel-coloured Suffolk Punch’.]

1891 Spectator 7 Mar. 340/1 The show of ‘Shire horses’, as the old breed of the English cart-horse is now generally called.

attributive.1877 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 13 532 Those confined to the ‘Shire’ horse classes.1887 Leamington Spa Courier 30 Apr. 1/6 8 grand Shire Horse Colts and Fillies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	shire horse
释义	Shire horsen. Forms: Also shires horse. Etymology: See quot. 1888; compare shire n. A horse of a heavy powerful breed, used for draught, chiefly bred in the midland counties of England. Also known as the Old English Black Horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > shire horse Shire horse1875 shire1877 1875 S. Sidney Bk. Horse xii. 268 The Shire Horse. 1877 Field 14 Apr. 447/3 The Shires or Old English Cart Horse. 1877 Field 14 Apr. 447/3 Influential breeders of the Shires horse should combine together and [etc.]. 1888 W. Gilbey Great Horse (1899) 52 Arthur Young, in the latter part of the last century,..mentions only two varieties of Cart Horse as deserving attention, namely, the Large Black Old English Horse, ‘the produce principally of the Shire counties in the heart of England and the Sorrel-coloured Suffolk Punch’.] 1891 Spectator 7 Mar. 340/1 The show of ‘Shire horses’, as the old breed of the English cart-horse is now generally called. attributive.1877 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 13 532 Those confined to the ‘Shire’ horse classes.1887 Leamington Spa Courier 30 Apr. 1/6 8 grand Shire Horse Colts and Fillies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1875
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