Shire horse breed

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• Shire horse — Infobox Horse name =Shire image caption=Shire horse features= Draught horse, average height 17.2 hands high. Legs often have white stockings with long hairs ( feather ) altname= nickname= country= United Kingdom group1=Shire Horse Society… …   Wikipedia

• Shire horse — One of an English breed of heavy draft horses believed to be descended largely from the horses used in war in the days of heavy armor. They are the largest of the British draft breeds, and have long hair on the back of the cannons and fetlocks.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• shire horse — ► NOUN ▪ a heavy powerful breed of draught horse, originally from the English Midlands …   English terms dictionary

• shire horse — noun British breed of large heavy draft horse • Syn: ↑shire • Hypernyms: ↑draft horse, ↑draught horse, ↑dray horse …   Useful english dictionary

• shire horse — noun The tallest breed of draught horse …   Wiktionary

• shire horse — noun a heavy powerful horse of a draught breed, originally from the English Midlands …   English new terms dictionary

• shire horse — /ʃaɪə ˈhɔs/ (say shuyuh haws) noun one of a breed of large, strong draught horses …  

• Horse — For other uses, see Horse (disambiguation). Domestic horse …   Wikipedia

• Shire — /shuyeur/, n. one of an English breed of large, strong draft horses having a usually brown or bay coat with white markings. [1875 80; appar. so called because it was bred in the shires, i.e., those counties of west and central England whose names …   Universalium

• shire — /shuyeur/, n. 1. one of the counties of Great Britain. 2. the Shires, the counties in the Midlands in which hunting is especially popular. [bef. 900; ME; OE scir office of administration, jurisdiction of such an office, county] * * * ▪ breed of… …   Universalium

• Shiré — /shee ray/, n. a river in SE Africa, flowing S from Lake Malawi to the Zambezi River. 370 mi. (596 km) long. * * * ▪ breed of horse  draft horse breed native to the middle section of England. The breed descended from the English “great horse,”… …   Universalium