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horsebox

horsebox noun: a motor vehicle for transporting horses.

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 horsebox

pluralhorseboxes

Origin of horsebox

From horse + box.

Questions about horsebox

What does horsebox mean?
Horsebox means a motor vehicle for transporting horses.
What part of speech is horsebox?
Horsebox is a noun.
What is the plural of horsebox?
The plural of horsebox is horseboxes.

Words near horsebox in the dictionary

  1. horsebean
  2. horsebeans
  3. horseboat
  4. horseboats
  5. horsebound
  6. horsebox
  7. horseboxes
  8. horseboy
  9. horseboys
  10. horsebread
  11. horsebreaker

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