Horsecar

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A streetcar or tram drawn by a horse.

    "Nothing could well resemble less a typical English street than […] the extraordinary number of omnibuses, horsecars, and other democratic vehicles, […]"

  2. 2
    an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses wordnet
  3. 3
    A freight car designed for transporting horses.

Example

More examples

"Nothing could well resemble less a typical English street than […] the extraordinary number of omnibuses, horsecars, and other democratic vehicles, […]"

Etymology

From horse + car.

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