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Bookmark or Share- Shire horse - WikipediaThe Shire is a British breed of draught horse. It is usually black, bay, or grey. It is a tall breed, and Shires have at various times held world records both for the largest horse and for the tallest horse.
- Shire - WikipediaThe word shire derives from the Old English sćir, from the Proto-Germanic *skizo (Old High German: sćira), denoting an 'official charge' a 'district under a governor', and a 'care'. In the UK, shire became synonymous with county, an administrative term introduced to England through the Norman Conquest in the
- SHIRE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comShire definition: one of the counties of Great Britain.. See examples of SHIRE used in a sentence.
- Shire | Draft Horse, Heavy Horse, Gentle Giant | BritannicaShire, draft horse breed native to the middle section of England. The breed descended from the English “great horse,” which carried men in full battle armour that often weighed as much as 400 pounds. Shires were improved as draft and farm animals in the latter part of the 18th century by breeding.
- SHIRE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionarya county, now used in combination in the names of many British counties: Yorkshire. Oxfordshire. the shires [ plural ] UK. the central rural counties of England, such as Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire: The county is called 'the rose of the shires'. See more.
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