Phil in SF quoted A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Gamache, #2)
Billy Williams hitched his percherons to his bright red sleigh and took boys and girls round the village and into the snow-covered hills.
— A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Gamache, #2) (Page 90 - 91)
New word: percheron
A powerful draught horse of gray or black breed, originally from France