Shaggy Coated

They rode enormous horses, shaggy-coated and unkempt to Roman eyes, with big hooves skirted in long hair, and manes falling over their mild eyes; none was encumbered by a saddle, but all were bridled. ❋ McCullough, Colleen, 1937- (1990)

He had been sixteen by then, and it was in any case not the Way of the Sasenna to mourn even the passing of one's parents, let alone a shaggy-coated shepherd bitch with one blue eye. ❋ Hambly, Barbara (1988)

There was life-no flitter in the skies, but rather there came at a steady pace wagons with covered tops and huge earth-crushing wheels pulled by teams of shaggy-coated four-legged animals that plodded steadily onward at a ground-eating pace. ❋ Norton, Andre (1986)

The white board fences looked out of place in the winter-drab landscape, and the horses grazing beyond them were shaggy-coated and dull. ❋ Janet Dailey (1985)

Her fingers unconsciously retained their clasp on the reins as the shaggy-coated roan impatiently reversed the rest of the way out of the stall and walked as far as the long reins would allow. ❋ Janet Daily (1984)

The shaggy-coated sorrel blew out a nervous snort at the slick footing as it moved gingerly across the frozen lake, its pricked ears in a constant flux of direction at the ominous cracking sounds beneath its hooves. ❋ Janet Daily (1984)

Separating himself from the band of riders on shaggy-coated horses, Webb rode over to the Stanton house and dismounted. ❋ Janet Dailey (1983)

His shaggy-coated horse pricked its ears at the sight and picked up the pace. ❋ Janet Dailey (1982)

The heat coming from the shaggy-coated horse warmed her legs. ❋ Janet Dailey (1980)

A dozen head of Hereford cattle looked up as the shaggy-coated buckskin carried its rider toward them. ❋ Janet Dailey (1980)