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horsecar

horsecar noun: a streetcar or tram drawn by a horse.

Noun

horsecar (plural horsecars)

  1. A streetcar or tram drawn by a horse.
    • Nothing could well resemble less a typical English street than […] the extraordinary number of omnibuses, horsecars, and other democratic vehicles, […]1878, Henry James, An International Episode
  2. A freight car designed for transporting horses.

Forms of horsecar

pluralhorsecars
alternative formhorse car

Origin of horsecar

From horse + car.

Questions about horsecar

What does horsecar mean?
Horsecar means a streetcar or tram drawn by a horse.
What part of speech is horsecar?
Horsecar is a noun.
What is the plural of horsecar?
The plural of horsecar is horsecars.

Words near horsecar in the dictionary

  1. Horsebridge
  2. horsebrush
  3. horsebrushes
  4. horseburger
  5. horseburgers
  6. horsecar
  7. horsecars
  8. horsecart
  9. horsecarts
  10. horsecloth
  11. horsecloths

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