pack horse

noun

A horse used for carrying luggage.

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Meanings

nounpack horse (plural pack horses)

plural pack horses · alternative packhorse · alternative pack-horse

  1. A horse used for carrying luggage.

    1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories" The pack horse was sick - with a big, open sore rubbed under the belly.

Translations

Bulgarian товарен кон
  • товарен кон (tovaren kon)horse used for carrying luggage
Finnish kuormahevonen
  • kuormahevonenhorse used for carrying luggage
French cheval de bât, cheval de somme
  • cheval de bâthorse used for carrying luggage
  • cheval de sommehorse used for carrying luggage
Italian cavallo da soma
  • cavallo da somahorse used for carrying luggage
Latin avertarius, caballus
  • avertariushorse used for carrying luggage
  • caballushorse used for carrying luggage
Māori hōiho tarapēke
  • hōiho tarapēkehorse used for carrying luggage
Norwegian Bokmål pakkhest
  • pakkhesthorse used for carrying luggage
Romanian cal de povară
  • cal de povarăhorse used for carrying luggage
Russian вью́чная ло́шадь
  • вью́чная ло́шадь (vʹjúčnaja lóšadʹ)horse used for carrying luggage
Vietnamese ngựa thồ
  • ngựa thồhorse used for carrying luggage
Cite this entry
APA

pack horse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack%20horse

MLA

“pack horse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack%20horse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pack horse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack%20horse.

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