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clydesdale
CIDE DICTIONARY
clydesdale, n.
One of a breed of heavy draft horses originally from Clydesdale, Scotland. They are about sixteen hands high and usually brown or bay. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
clydesdale, n.
1 a a horse of a heavy powerful breed, used as draught-horses. b this breed.
2 a kind of small terrier.
1 a a horse of a heavy powerful breed, used as draught-horses. b this breed.
2 a kind of small terrier.
Etymology
orig. bred near the river Clyde in Scotland: see DALE
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