horseless carriage


horseless carriage

noun

Definition of HORSELESS CARRIAGE

: automobile —used especially of early models

Examples of HORSELESS CARRIAGE

  1. <with the coming of the horseless carriage, distances between places were greatly reduced and the national landscape was transformed>

First Known Use of HORSELESS CARRIAGE

1895

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