packhorse
(noun) a workhorse used as a pack animal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
packhorse (plural packhorses)
A horse used as a pack animal.
• (horse used to carry heavy items): rowney, sumpter, sumpter horse
Source: Wiktionary
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.