horseload

Updated: May 3, 2025

The selectman nodded to the constable; and there sat the light-heeled reprobate in the stocks; or if he danced, it was round the whipping-post, which might be termed the Puritan Maypole. A party of these grim Puritans, toiling through the difficult woods, each with a horseload of iron armor to burden his footsteps, would sometimes draw near the sunny precincts of Merry Mount.

Nathaniel Hawthorne - From Twice Told Tales

Falling backward his head touched the edge of the swift running water, which was now filling his long, black locks with slimy sediment. "The ounce o' lead that done that piece o' work," said Abe, "was better'n a horseload o' gold. A few more used with as good judgement would bring the rebellion to an end in short meter."

John McElroy - The Red Acorn