horse power
horse power noun: any of a class of machines that used draft horses as a source of power to an output shaft or sheave. Treadmill types and merry-go-round–like types existed. Also the alternative spelling of horsepower.
Noun
horse power (plural horse powers)
- Any of a class of machines that used draft horses as a source of power to an output shaft or sheave. Treadmill types and merry-go-round–like types existed.
- In that era, they powered their corn sheller and their thresher with a horse power.
- Synonyms:
- horse engine
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: motive effort supplied by one or more horses.
- In the 1920s through 1940s, the push for power farming aimed to replace horse power with tractor power on the farm.
Also used as
horse power is also the alternative spelling of horsepower.
Synonyms of horse power
Forms of horse power
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Questions about horse power
- What does horse power mean?
- Horse power means any of a class of machines that used draft horses as a source of power to an output shaft or sheave. Treadmill types and merry-go-round–like types existed.
- What part of speech is horse power?
- Horse power is a noun.
- What is the plural of horse power?
- The plural of horse power is horse powers.
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