horse car

A form of horsecar — A streetcar or tram drawn by a horse.

Meanings

nounhorse car (plural horse cars)

plural horse cars

  1. alternativeAlternative form of horsecar.

    During this period the S.I. & T. maintained a steam service all the way from Rutland Street to Oystermouth, and ran its horse cars through the streets of Swansea to the junction point at the Ship.

    1940 December, “Notes and News: The First Passenger Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 664
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