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Definition of wheel horse in English: wheel horsenoun 1A horse harnessed nearest the wheels of a vehicle. 辕马 Example sentencesExamples - Scott and Bud - yes, one of the Budweiser Clydesdales is named Bud - were the wheel horses for the Perseus parade.
- Stage coaches seldom stopped to chain a wheel, but trusted to the strength of the breast straps of the wheel horses to control the speed in descending a hill.
- A three-horse team, hitched as these were with two wheel horses and one leader, is a very hard team to handle.
- Each frame customarily carried between three and five bells, those on the lead horses being the smallest, those on the swing horses somewhat larger, and those on the wheel horses the largest.
- The wheel horses pull on the doubletree against this hammerpin running through the wagon-tonque.
- These guys can pull double, or can be the wheel horses in a four-up team.
- If the wheel horses are sufficient, the leaders may be unhitched.
- Frequently, the driver or ‘skinner’ rather than riding on the lead wagon, would, as is Fulkerson in the photo, ride the left wheel horse which would be saddled.
- The first 2 horses popped through the fog, then the next two, then the wheel horses and the wagon.
- Using two new wheel horses and replacements for Lee and Grant at the wheel positions, the caisson team refitted within an hour and 10 minutes - 15 minutes ahead of time for their 3 p.m. mission.
- The wheel horses, Joe described, are the largest pair, and bring up the rear.
- In 1781, the wheel horses caught a break - or were doomed, depending upon your point of view - when James Watt patented the steam engine.
- After the Calgary Stampede's Rangeland Derby last summer, Rae moved one of his wheel horses, Stake Point, onto the left lead, where his grandpa had run the horse before.
- 1.1US A responsible and hard-working person, especially an experienced member of a political party.
〈喻，主美〉（尤指政党中的）实干家，办事刻苦负责的人 Example sentencesExamples - Party wheel horse Kevin Shelley, the secretary of state, has told county elections officials they can take their time in verifying signatures.
- In reality, they do the bidding of party wheel horses in floating attack ads and underwriting voter turnout drives.
Synonyms hard worker, toiler, workhorse, stakhanovite, galley slave
Definition of wheel horse in US English: wheel horsenoun 1A horse harnessed nearest the wheels of a vehicle. 辕马 Example sentencesExamples - The first 2 horses popped through the fog, then the next two, then the wheel horses and the wagon.
- Each frame customarily carried between three and five bells, those on the lead horses being the smallest, those on the swing horses somewhat larger, and those on the wheel horses the largest.
- A three-horse team, hitched as these were with two wheel horses and one leader, is a very hard team to handle.
- These guys can pull double, or can be the wheel horses in a four-up team.
- The wheel horses pull on the doubletree against this hammerpin running through the wagon-tonque.
- If the wheel horses are sufficient, the leaders may be unhitched.
- Frequently, the driver or ‘skinner’ rather than riding on the lead wagon, would, as is Fulkerson in the photo, ride the left wheel horse which would be saddled.
- Stage coaches seldom stopped to chain a wheel, but trusted to the strength of the breast straps of the wheel horses to control the speed in descending a hill.
- Scott and Bud - yes, one of the Budweiser Clydesdales is named Bud - were the wheel horses for the Perseus parade.
- The wheel horses, Joe described, are the largest pair, and bring up the rear.
- In 1781, the wheel horses caught a break - or were doomed, depending upon your point of view - when James Watt patented the steam engine.
- Using two new wheel horses and replacements for Lee and Grant at the wheel positions, the caisson team refitted within an hour and 10 minutes - 15 minutes ahead of time for their 3 p.m. mission.
- After the Calgary Stampede's Rangeland Derby last summer, Rae moved one of his wheel horses, Stake Point, onto the left lead, where his grandpa had run the horse before.
- 1.1US A responsible and hardworking person, especially an experienced and conscientious member of a political party.
〈喻，主美〉（尤指政党中的）实干家，办事刻苦负责的人 Example sentencesExamples - Party wheel horse Kevin Shelley, the secretary of state, has told county elections officials they can take their time in verifying signatures.
- In reality, they do the bidding of party wheel horses in floating attack ads and underwriting voter turnout drives.
Synonyms hard worker, toiler, workhorse, stakhanovite, galley slave
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