役えき畜ちく

noun

beasts of burden; draft animals

Refers to domesticated animals used for labor, such as pulling carts or plowing fields. A somewhat technical or agricultural term.

• 昔むかしは牛うしや馬うまが重じゅう要ような役えき畜ちくだった。

  In the past, cattle and horses were important beasts of burden.