Percheron

percheron percherón English Etymology From en fr Percheron, from en Perche, the name of a region of northern France where the horses are bred. Noun en Q1232528 A breed of draught horse of a large, strong, usually dapple-grey type. en 1933 w:Frank Clune Try Anything Once (book) Try Anything Once Sydney Angus and Robertson 49 His name was Wolfe and he had about twenty-eight young Percheron stallions and mares[.] en 1975 Larry Woiwode Beyond the Bedroom Wall Farrar, Straus & Giroux 95 A team of black Percherons, stomping and nodding against the traces and blowing blossomy plumes from their frost-ringed nostrils, stood at the front of the car, hitched to its bumper with logging chains . en Horse breeds