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horse ferry

horse ferry noun: a watercraft powered by horses or mules, generally using a treadmill.

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

Forms of horse ferry

pluralhorse ferries

Questions about horse ferry

What does horse ferry mean?
Horse ferry means a watercraft powered by horses or mules, generally using a treadmill.
What part of speech is horse ferry?
Horse ferry is a noun.
What is the plural of horse ferry?
The plural of horse ferry is horse ferries.

Words near horse ferry in the dictionary

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

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