Clydesdale

English Etymology From en Clyde -s- dale. The horses were so named because they were bred in the valley of the Clyde in Scotland. Pronunciation en /ˈklaɪdzdeɪl/ en En-au-Clydesdale.ogg AU Proper noun thumb|Clydesdale or Upper Clyde valley near Abington, South Lanarkshire en The <<valley>> of the River <<riv/Clyde>> in <<carea/South Lanarkshire>>, <<cc/Scotland>> OS grid ref NS91. Gazetteer for ScotlandOrdnance Survey en former district r/Strathclyde c/Scotland renamed from en Lanark in 1980, and abolished in 1996 along with the region. en community co/Antigonish County p/Nova Scotia c/Canada. en town in Harry Gwala District Municipality, p:suf/KwaZulu-Natal c/South Africa. en locality in the carea/Singleton eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia. en rural locality shire:Pref/Hepburn s/Victoria c/Australia. Derived terms en Clydesdale terrier Noun + horse thumb|A Clydesdale with harness en Q844058 A particularly large and powerful breed of draught horse; an individual of this breed. en Shire<id:Q40728> Suffolk<id:Q788030> en The Clydesdale was developed in the seventeenth century in the Scottish region whence its name. en Their great grandfather kept several Clydesdales for the heavier work. en US A heavier than usual athlete (Over 200 lbs for men, over 145 lbs for women) en derogatory slang A very morbidly obese person. en Thesaurus:fat person Translations breed of horse Finnish: fi clydesdalenhevonen References en Horse breeds