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horseless carriages

horseless carriages is the plural of horseless carriage.

Meaning of horseless carriage

Noun

horseless carriage (plural horseless carriages)

  1. (historical) An early automobile, of the types designed before World War I.
    • The movement for the introduction of horseless carriages is represented by two periodicals, the Horseless Age and the Motocycle, in the United States; the Autocar, in London; and La Locomotion Automobile and La France Automobile, in France.1896 August, Popular Science Monthly, volume 49
    Synonyms:
    Brass Era car
  2. (figuratively) Something new and unprecedented interpreted in older and familiar terms.
    • horseless carriage thinking

Questions about horseless carriages

What is horseless carriages the plural of?
Horseless carriages is the plural of horseless carriage.

Words near horseless carriages in the dictionary

  1. horselaughter
  2. horseleech
  3. horseleeches
  4. horseless
  5. horseless carriage
  6. horseless carriages
  7. horselessness
  8. horselet
  9. horselets
  10. horselike
  11. horseliness

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