horse team

Carriage pulling group

A horse team is a group of horses harnessed together to pull a vehicle, plow, or other load.

Teams typically consist of two, four, or six horses working in coordinated pairs.

The term emphasizes the animals functioning as a unit rather than individually: a horse team pulling a stagecoach, the horse team struggled up the muddy hill.

Related
  • harnessStraps controlling an animal
  • wagonWheeled hauling vehicle
  • draftPreliminary version of text
  • carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
  • hitchTemporary difficulty or snag

driver · reins · traces · yoke · pulling · pulling power · matched · matched pair · pair · plow · working animals · stagecoach · Old West · workhorses · Clydesdales · collar · hooves · hauling

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Opposites
number of animals

horse teamsaddle horse

Equine for riding

riding horse · pack horse · one-horse

mechanization

horse teammotor vehicle

Self-propelled road conveyance

automobile · tractor · truck · engine · motor

animal type used for draft work

horse teamox team

Paired working bovines

mule team · camel train

Family

horse, team, horses, horsed, horsing, horsey, horsy, horseman, horsemanship

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