1. a horse used to carry supplies, equipment, or goods, especially in areas where vehicles cannot travel

Examples

• The expedition used packhorses to transport supplies through the mountain trails.
• Before roads were built, packhorses carried goods between remote villages.
• The old packhorse bridge was built wide enough for loaded horses to cross safely.
• Miners relied on packhorses to bring equipment to the remote gold fields.
• The packhorse train wound slowly up the steep mountain path.
• Rangers still use packhorses to resupply wilderness cabins in some national parks.