Meanings
nounhorsebox (plural horseboxes)
plural horseboxes
- UKA motor vehicle for transporting horses.
- A container for transporting horses in, whether by road, rail, or sea.
- UKobsoleterail transportA van-type railway vehicle specially built for the carriage of horses.
On October 31 [...] Laira "Grange" No. 6871 passed through Wolverhampton with a Holyhead-Didcot horsebox special.
1960 January, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 58
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
French van
- vanvehicle
Italian box
- boxvehicle
Swedish hästtransport, hästsläp
- hästtransportvehicle
- hästsläpvehicle
Cite this entry
APA
horsebox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horsebox
MLA
“horsebox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horsebox. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horsebox,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horsebox.
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