Shire horse

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A large powerful draft horse of a breed originating in central England, having long silky hair on the lower legs.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A breed of English draft-horses that has long been cultivated in Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and other counties to the west. The color is black; the height from 17 to 17.3 hands.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• One of an English breed of heavy draft horses believed to be descended largely from the horses used in war in the days of heavy armor. They are the largest of the British draft breeds, and have long hair on the back of the cannons and fetlocks. Brown or bay with white on the face and legs is now the commonest color.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun British breed of large heavy draft horse