carriage horse

Draws wheeled vehicles

A carriage horse is a horse bred or trained to pull wheeled vehicles—carriages, buggies, wagons, or sleighs.

The term now most often refers to horses that pull tourist carriages in cities: We took a carriage horse ride through Central Park.

These animals have become focal points in debates over urban animal welfare.

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blinders · mare · foal · Stagecoach · Lipizzaner · postilion · Central Park · curricle · buggy whip · equine · pony · Victorian era · gelding · Clydesdale · stirrup · wagon · stable · hooves

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purpose/function

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Equine bred for speed

thoroughbred · quarter horse · war horse · cavalry horse · draft horse

domestication/wildness

carriage horsewild horse

Feral, undomesticated equine

mustang · feral horse · Przewalski's horse · zebra

mode of transport

carriage horseautomobile

Self-propelled passenger conveyance

motor car · taxi · motorized vehicle · self-driving car · steam engine

Family

carry, horse, harness, carriage, horses, horseman, horsey, cavalry, horsing

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G