Beast-of-burden Synonyms

An animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work
Synonyms:
  1. jument
  2. draft-animal
  3. pack-animal
  4. pack-horse
  5. pack mule
  6. slogger
  7. sumpter
  8. work animal
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. swot

Beast-of-burden Sentence Examples

  • The chief domestic animals are the camel, horse, ass, ox, buffalo (used both as a beast of burden and for riding), sheep with a short silky fleece, the goat and the pig, which last here reaches its southernmost limit.

  • The llama was the only beast of burden known to the South American natives before the arrival of the Spaniards and is highly serviceable on the difficult trails of the Andes.

  • The llama (Lama huanacus glama) is a domesticated derivative of the wild guanaco, which has been bred as a beast of burden.

  • It is universally used as a draught animal and beast of burden.

  • In its fourth year its training as a beast of burden begins, when it is taught to kneel and to rise at a given signal, and is gradually accustomed to bear increasing loads.

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