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horse-drawn

horse-drawn

14 3.4
Horses pull a vehicle instead of a motor
  • adjective
  • /hɔrs drɔːn/
translation icon : tirado por caballos
  • Instead, what they were seeing was a horse-drawn phaeton or carriage smartly rolling down a street.
  • a horse-drawn carriage
  • a horse-drawn wagon
  • a horse-drawn cart

And where I landed was, we are going from the horse and the horse drawn carriage to the car.

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Examples

  • She's been waiting for you in that horse-drawn carriage for 10 minutes.

  • LuAnn wondered if the road had once been a trail for loggers, for horse-drawn wagons and carriages.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Did you tell them we'll need a horse-drawn carriage?

  • New Haven at one time was arguably the leading manufacturing city for horse drawn carriages.

  • When I get married, I want white doves and the horse-drawn carriage.

  • There, the farmers drew up their horse-drawn carts filled with all kinds of produce.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • A merry chiming of bells came closer, immediately followed by the appearance of a black horse-drawn carriage.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The road was narrow, but each encounter with rustic horse-drawn wagons only made the bus trip all the more enjoyable.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • On November 12, 1838, Thomas Babington Macaulay set out by horse-drawn coach from Florence to Rome.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Visitors can make a tour by car, bus, horse-drawn carriage, or on foot.

Antonyms

1 3.8

Having a motor that makes it move or work

How Powered

motorized
  • US
1 3.8
horse-drawn
14 3.4

Surface Forms

horse-drawn positive

Morphology

horse-drawn = horse + drawn (transparent) = horse + drawn

The adjective is a straightforward compound of 'horse' + 'drawn' meaning 'pulled by a horse', which an intermediate learner can infer from the components.

Etymology

The word horse-drawn combines horse and drawn, where drawn comes from the verb 'to pull'. So horse-drawn literally means 'pulled by a horse' and describes a carriage or vehicle moved by horses rather than by an engine.