Definition of "cart-horse" [cart-horse]

• A horse that draws a cart, or is intended or suitable for such work. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I knew from previous shifts that my thighs would hurt as if I'd done the Grand National on a cart-horse the next morning."
• "It's like the difference between a cart-horse and a thoroughbred; I had to be the cart-horse!"
• "The cart-horse Boxer (Russian working class) devotes himself to the cause with particular passion, committing his great strength to the prosperity of the farm and adopting as a personal axiom the affirmation "I will work harder.""