Horseless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without a horse. not-comparable

    "The stealthy Apaches waited until their pale-face friends were well asleep, and then with a piece of cow-hide, hard and thin, sawed out a section of the adobe wall, at the other end of the corral, and in the morning Los Americanos found themselves horseless and muleless."

Example

More examples

"A name has not yet been found for horseless carriages... The latest suggestion we have had is 'motor car'."

Etymology

From horse + -less.

Related phrases

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