horse bus

noun

A horse-drawn omnibus.

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Meanings

nounhorse bus (plural horse buses)

plural horse buses

  1. historicaltransportA horse-drawn omnibus.

    Southwold was served by horse bus from Darsham until the well-known Ipswich firm of Ransomes & Rapier interested itself in the project for a railway.

    1939 July, “The Why and the Wherefore: The Southwold Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 56
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“horse bus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse%20bus. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horse bus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse%20bus.

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