Definitions for Percheron

Percheron Per·che·ron

Spelling: [pur-chuh-ron, -shuh-]
IPA: /ˈpɜr tʃəˌrɒn, -ʃə-/

Percheron is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 252 anagrams from letters in Percheron (ceehnoprr).

Definitions for Percheron

noun

  1. one of a French breed of draft horses, having a gray or black coat.

Origin of Percheron

1870-75; French; named after Perche, French district where first bred

Examples for Percheron

It was a black horse of gigantic build like a Percheron, with feet as large as a half-bushel measure, and a huge rough mane.

The Finn woman is thick everywhere, broad of girth and deep of chest like a Percheron stallion.

He makes a specialty of raising Durham cattle and he is also engaged in raising Percheron horses and high grade hogs.

Of the heavy-flanked Percheron breed of horse are the ladies on the canvases of Cézanne.

Sid romped home like a Percheron colt and Bacon got to first.

The Shetland pony and the Percheron draught-horse are the two extremes of size.

He keeps full bred Hereford cattle and also Clydesdale and Percheron horses upon his place.

As we have said before, the Percheron breed of horses came from France.

The Percheron had been grained too heavily and had not been given sufficient exercise.

I once knew a cock whose favourite haunt was the back of a Percheron mare in the stable.

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