harness horse

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har′ness horse`

1. a horse used for pulling vehicles.

2. a horse used in harness racing.

[1885–90]

Harness horse

A bench with a pair of jaws for holding and clamping leather parts while they were being sewed together.

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harness horse - horse used for pulling vehicles

Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

cob - stocky short-legged harness horse

hackney - a compact breed of harness horse

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