[f. VAN sb.3] A light horse suitable for drawing a small van.
1888. Referee, 8 April (Cassell’s). Cabbers, and vanners.
1890. Pall Mall G., 8 Sept., 4/2. Tramway horses were keenly competed for, and, with serviceable ‘vanners,’ fetched as an average £40 each.
1897. Hayes, Points Horse (ed. 2), xv. 125. The light vanner belongs to a class intermediate between the light harness horse and the heavy draught horse.
