a US and Canadian breed of trotting and pacing horse, used esp for harness-racing
Word origin
C19: so called because they are bred to attain a prescribed standard of speed
standard-bred in American English
(ˈstændərdˌbred)
adjective
pertaining to a horse of the Standardbred breed
Word origin
[1890–95]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blip, masochism, phoneme, plein-air, takedown