horse ferry

noun

A watercraft powered by horses or mules, generally using a treadmill.

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Meanings

nounhorse ferry (plural horse ferries)

plural horse ferries

  1. historicalA watercraft powered by horses or mules, generally using a treadmill.
  2. historicalA ferry that transports horses.

    Again, petitions against [Westminster Bridge] were received from many, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, in whose gift the horse ferry from Lambeth to Westminster lay.

    2012, Jerry White, London in the Eighteenth Century, Bodley Head, published 2017, page 45
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APA

horse ferry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse%20ferry

MLA

“horse ferry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse%20ferry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

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