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Meanings of draught animal in английском

русский
тягловые животные
каталонский
animal de tir
испанский
animal de tiro
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A working animal is an animal, usually domesticated, that is kept by humans and trained to perform tasks.

        тягловые животные
        Synonyms
        Examples for "draft animal"
        Examples for "draft animal"
        1
        The mule is the only draft animal that always pulls straight and gets there right side up.
        Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
        2
        But through the long winter the dog is practically the only draft animal that can be utilised by the inhabitants of those regions.
        Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
        3
        He auctioned off all his bags of seed and his draft animals.
        Gods go begging
        4
        Two men were hitched to a sled like draft animals.
        Where heaven begins
        5
        They stuck in the mud, with draft animals and all.
        In the Shadow of Death
        Usage of draught animal in английском
        1
        Though his dignity was sorely hurt by thus being made a draught animal, he was too wise to rebel.
        The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
        2
        And the girl, Taya, was pushing him along like some sort of draught animal and constantly shooting quick looks behind.
        Orb Sceptre Throne
        3
        It is only amongst a nomadic people, whose main quest is pasturage, that the reindeer is a satisfactory draught animal.
        Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled / A Narrative of Winter Trave...
        4
        Two mounted Mongols lay the bar across their knees in the saddle, but no draught animal is put between the shafts.
        From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
        5
        I am constrained to believe that the Esquimau dog will do more work, and with less food, than any other draught animal existing.
        Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Frankl...
        6
        Slater had long since become a dumb draught animal, senseless to discomfort except in the hour of relaxation when he monotonously catalogued his ills.
        The Iron Trail
        7
        His draught animals appear to have comprised merely five or six mules.
        American Negro Slavery / A Survey of the Supply, Employment and ...
        8
        As draught animals Shackleton had both ponies and dogs, but chiefly ponies.
        The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition...
        9
        About the same time the strength of their draught animals began to fail.
        The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17
        10
        Oxen were the draught animals, patient enough, but certainly not nimble.
        Nature Near London
        11
        He was surprised, too, to learn that cows could be made draught animals.
        Vandemark's Folly
        12
        There are no horses or draught animals in Mombasa; the fly is too deadly.
        African Camp Fires
        13
        The males are used as draught animals, as they are stronger than the females.
        The Land of the Long Night
        14
        Your coin has purchased wagons, draught animals, and the necessary escort across the Bareth Solitude.
        Forge of Darkness
        15
        We had two acres and we survived on that, with no machinery or draught animals.
        The Irish Times
        16
        But there were no wheeled vehicles nor draught animals.
        1492
        Translations for draught animal
        каталонский
        animal de tir