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horseboxes

horseboxes is the plural 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

Questions about horseboxes

What is horseboxes the plural of?
Horseboxes is the plural of horsebox.

Words near horseboxes in the dictionary

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

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