HyperDic: horseless_carriage

English > 1 sense of the expression horseless carriage:
NOUNartifacthorseless carriagean early term for an automobile
English > horseless carriage: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningAn early term for an automobile.
Example"when automobiles first replaced horse-drawn carriages they were called horseless carriages"
Broadercar, auto, automobile, machine, motorcarA motor vehicle with four wheels

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