Standard-bred

Standard-bred
Standard-bred Stand"ard-bred` (-br[e^]d`), a. Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]

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