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What (who) is beast of burden - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Beast of burden (disambiguation); Beast Of Burden; Beast of Burden (disambiguation)
beast of burden
![The horse-drawn [[winch]] of a former [[limestone]] [[quarry]] (France)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chatillon treuil carriere Auboin 2.jpg?width=200 "The horse-drawn [[winch]] of a former [[limestone]] [[quarry]] (France)")
![A pack [[llama]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lloyd the Llama.jpg?width=200 "A pack [[llama]]")
DOMESTICATED ANIMALS FOR ASSISTING PEOPLE
Animal traction; Draught animal; Draft animal; Riding-animal; Ploughing animal; Riding animal; Beasts of burden; Working animals; Draft Animal; Animal power; Worker animal; Draft animals; Draught animals; Work animal; Work animals; Beast of burden; Muscle power; Domestic beasts of burden; Draught power; Draught work; Animal labor; Workstock; Labor animal; Monkey slavery; Animal labour
(beasts of burden)
A beast of burden is an animal such as an ox or a donkey that is used for carrying or pulling things.
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beast of burden
DOMESTICATED ANIMALS FOR ASSISTING PEOPLE
Animal traction; Draught animal; Draft animal; Riding-animal; Ploughing animal; Riding animal; Beasts of burden; Working animals; Draft Animal; Animal power; Worker animal; Draft animals; Draught animals; Work animal; Work animals; Beast of burden; Muscle power; Domestic beasts of burden; Draught power; Draught work; Animal labor; Workstock; Labor animal; Monkey slavery; Animal labour
¦ noun an animal that is used for carrying loads.
pack animal
![Medieval]] pack horse and donkey in ''Hortus Deliciarum'', Europe, 12th century, when packing was a major means of transport of goods](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hortus Deliciarum 40-3m.jpg?width=200 "Medieval]] pack horse and donkey in ''Hortus Deliciarum'', Europe, 12th century, when packing was a major means of transport of goods")
![Donkeys packed on the way to a mine in [[Alma, Colorado]], late 1880s.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack train on its way to a mine in front of the Sealey houses at Alma during the late 1800s - DPLA - b9ffcfa200b0b7b86830ca105fd10212.jpg?width=200 "Donkeys packed on the way to a mine in [[Alma, Colorado]], late 1880s.")
![[[US Marines]] training in resupply with pack mules. [[Bridgeport, California]], 2014](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marines train resupply techniques with pack animals 140831-M-ED261-010.jpg?width=200 "[[US Marines]] training in resupply with pack mules. [[Bridgeport, California]], 2014")
![A [[nomad]]'s pack [[camel]] in [[Eyl]], [[Somalia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eylcamel.jpg?width=200 "A [[nomad]]'s pack [[camel]] in [[Eyl]], [[Somalia]]")
![Sami]] driver from ''The land of the midnight sun'', c. 1881](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reindeer and pack, with Lapp driver.jpg?width=200 "Sami]] driver from ''The land of the midnight sun'', c. 1881")
![1900 advertisement showing pack [[yak]]s in [[Tibet]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fleischextrakt 0002773 m.jpg?width=200 "1900 advertisement showing pack [[yak]]s in [[Tibet]]")
![water buffalo]], [[Sumbawa]], Indonesia, early 20th century](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Bimanees met lastkarbouwen Res. Timor Soembawa TMnr 10013888.jpg?width=200 "water buffalo]], [[Sumbawa]], Indonesia, early 20th century")
![Pack donkeys, [[Devon]], England, c. 1906](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pack donkeys, Bucks Mills, Devon.jpg?width=200 "Pack donkeys, [[Devon]], England, c. 1906")
INDIVIDUAL OR TYPE OF WORKING ANIMAL USED BY HUMANS
Beasts of labor; Beast of labor; Pack animals; BEASTofBURDEN; Pack transport; Pack-animal; Sumpter animal; Sumpter mule; Sumpter-mule; Sumpter horse; Sumpter-horse; Pack Animal
(pack animals)
A pack animal is an animal such as a horse or donkey that is used to carry things on journeys.
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Wikipedia
Beast of Burden
Beast of Burden may refer to:
- Pack animal
- Working animal
- "Beast of Burden" (song), by The Rolling Stones
- Beast of Burden (film), a 2018 American film
- "Beast of Burden" (Stargate SG-1), a television episode
- Beast of Burden (miniature), a line of miniatures for the game Traveller
- Beasts of Burden, a comic book miniseries by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson
Examples of use of beast of burden
1. Today, instead, Britain’s middle class has become Gordon Brown’s beast of burden.
2. And the best beast of burden for now remains the shuttle.
3. Yesterday the Daily Mail gave villagers a taste of life with a beast of burden by arranging for one to help them out for the day.
4. While Williamson remained with them, kept as a beast of burden, he witnessed terrible acts of revenge on British settlers – entire families burned alive in their own homes, a wife and her four children scalped before her husband‘s eyes.
5. When the Stones make their Chinese debut next month, they will succumb to government pressure by dropping Brown Sugar, Let‘s Spend the Night Together, Honky Tonk Woman and Beast of Burden from their playlist, an associate told Reuters.