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horse box

horse box is the alternative form of horsebox.

Meaning of horsebox

Noun

horsebox (plural horseboxes)

  1. (UK) A motor vehicle for transporting horses.
  2. A container for transporting horses in, whether by road, rail, or sea.
  3. (UK, obsolete) A van-type railway vehicle specially built for the carriage of horses.
    • On October 31 [...] Laira "Grange" No. 6871 passed through Wolverhampton with a Holyhead-Didcot horsebox special.1960 January, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 58

Forms of horse box

pluralhorse boxes

Questions about horse box

What is horse box the alternative form of?
Horse box is the alternative form of horsebox.

Words near horse box in the dictionary

  1. horse blankets
  2. horse blob
  3. horse blobs
  4. horse bot flies
  5. horse bot fly
  6. horse box
  7. horse boxes
  8. horse boy
  9. horse boys
  10. horse brass
  11. horse brasses

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