drayhorse means A large, powerful horse used for pulling drays. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
drayhorse is pronounced /ˈdreɪhɔːs/.
noun
- A large, powerful horse used for pulling drays.“Then his dray-horſe and he, in the ſtreets we did ſee,
With his hanger, his ſling, and bis jacket;
Long time he did watch, to meet with his match;
For he'd ever a mind to the placket.”
- Someone who undergoes or underwent many a hardship, who suffers some great burden; a burdened, beleaguered, downtrodden man.“"Archbiſhops, Biſhops," (ſo ſays Doctor Parr)
"By delta, Beta, merely, have been made :
"Why from the mitre then am I ſo far;
"So long a dray-horſe in this thundering trade ?
"O Pitt, ſhame on thee !—art thou ſtill to ſeek "The ſoul of wiſdom in the ſound of Greek ?"”