"pack horse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pack horses [plural], packhorse [alternative], pack-horse [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pack horse (plural pack horses)
  1. A horse used for carrying luggage. Translations (horse used for carrying luggage): товарен кон (tovaren kon) (Bulgarian), kuormahevonen (Finnish), cheval de bât (French), cheval de somme (French), rocín de albarda [masculine] (Galician), cavallo da soma (Italian), avertarius [masculine] (Latin), caballus [masculine] (Latin), ᦙᦱᧉᦎᦱᧂᧈ (maa²ṫaang¹) (), hōiho tarapēke (Māori), pakkhest [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pakkhest [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), بیگیر (beygir) (Ottoman Turkish), cal de povară [masculine] (Romanian), вью́чная ло́шадь (vʹjúčnaja lóšadʹ) [feminine] (Russian), kuda umbal (Sundanese), ngựa thồ (Vietnamese)

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