HyperDic: iron_horse

English > 1 sense of the expression *iron horse*:
NOUN	artifact	iron horse	(c. 1840) an early term for a locomotive

English > *iron horse*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	(c. 1840) an early term for a locomotive.
Broader	locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive	A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
Spanish	caballo de hierro
Catalan	cavall de ferro