Etymology

packhorse

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Today it means: A horse used as a pack animal. Full definition →

Middle English palhors
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  1. Middle English · inherited frompalhors
  2. English todaypackhorse

From pack + horse, possibly (from an uncertain date) via Middle English palhors (read pakhorse).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.