horsecar

English

Etymology

horse +‎ car

Noun

horsecar (plural horsecars)

  1. (rail transport) A streetcar or tram drawn by a horse.
    • 1878, Henry James, An International Episode‎:
      Nothing could well resemble less a typical English street than […] the extraordinary number of omnibuses, horsecars, and other democratic vehicles, […]
  2. (rail transport) A freight car designed for transporting horses.
    Hypernym: livestock car

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