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horse ferries

horse ferries is the plural of horse ferry.

Meaning of horse ferry

Noun

horse ferry (plural horse ferries)

  1. (historical) A watercraft powered by horses or mules, generally using a treadmill.
  2. (historical) A ferry that transports horses.
    • Again, petitions against [Westminster Bridge] were received from many, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, in whose gift the horse ferry from Lambeth to Westminster lay.2012, Jerry White, London in the Eighteenth Century, Bodley Head, published 2017, page 45

Questions about horse ferries

What is horse ferries the plural of?
Horse ferries is the plural of horse ferry.

Words near horse ferries in the dictionary

  1. horse engine
  2. horse fair
  3. horse fairs
  4. horse fame
  5. horse famous
  6. horse ferries
  7. horse ferry
  8. horse flies
  9. horse fly
  10. horse gentian
  11. horse gentians

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