shire horse

noun

1. a large heavy breed of carthorse with long hair on the fetlocks Often shortened toshire

Word History and Origins

Origin of shire horse¹

C19: so called because the breed was originally reared in the Shires. See shire ¹

Example Sentences

A pair of orphaned racehorse foals have been adopted by a shire horse in Devon.

From BBC

Buckingham Palace said the teddies had been collected with the help of shire horses and almost 200 volunteers - and were being "well looked after".

From BBC

A baseball cap was a take on a horse-riding helmet alongside a flared pant with a fringed hem cleverly resembling a shire horse’s leg.

From Seattle Times

Previously, they worked with bigger and calmer shire horses.

From BBC

My father supervised the funeral services and there were gravediggers, grasscutters and a shire horse.

From The Guardian