horsecar

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noun

A streetcar or tram drawn by a horse.

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Meanings

nounhorsecar (plural horsecars)

plural horsecars · alternative horse car

  1. rail transportA streetcar or tram drawn by a horse.

    Nothing could well resemble less a typical English street than […] the extraordinary number of omnibuses, horsecars, and other democratic vehicles, […]

    1878, Henry James, An International Episode
  2. rail transportA freight car designed for transporting horses.

Origin

From horse + car.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

horsecar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horsecar

MLA

“horsecar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horsecar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horsecar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horsecar.

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