# Talk:Noble train of artillery

J.L. Bell on his blog Boston 1775 has an article about Knox favoring the use of horses for hauling cannon.  The article is at: http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2012/07/knoxs-oxen.html WikiParker (talk) 22:55, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

The article still states that "Knox hired additional oxen" when the train reached Massachusetts. Is this an oversight in the editing of the article, or did he actually have oxen at that point? Ken Gallager (talk) 14:12, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

What is a "noble" train?
Why is it called "noble"?
Where does "noble" come from?
Very curious. 2600:8800:785:9400:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 06:14, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

If you read the entire article, your question would be answered.  (Failing that, you need to time travel to ask General Knox, whose turn of phrase it is.) Magic♪piano 18:45, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
LOL at Magicpiano's time machine.  Anyway, in the slang of General Knox's time, "noble" was used to describe anything perceived as being exceptionally good or desirable.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:589:300:CA70:0:0:0:5486 (talk) 23:00, 5 December 2022 (UTC)