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Definition of Horseless
1. a. Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; -- said of certain vehicles in which horse power has been replaced by electricity, steam, etc.; as, a horseless carriage or truck.
Definition of Horseless
1. Adjective. Not having a horse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Horseless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Horseless
Literary usage of Horseless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1911)
"horseless Age—March 2, 1910. No. 12138. Modern Motor Car Brakes. FE Watts. ...
horseless Age—July 27, 1910. No. 16050. Taxicab Progress in Great Britain. ..."
2. Horse, Truck and Tractor: The Coming of Cheaper Power for City and Farm by Herbert Newton Casson, Rollin William Hutchinson, Lynn Webster Ellis (1913)
"Let us inquire whether the horseless Age prophets have forecasted rightly in
their beautiful vision of this horseless Age. According to the "Year Book" of ..."
3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1914)
"horseless Age—June 18, 1913. No. 42978. The Jesco Electric Starting and ...
horseless Age—April 23, 1913. No. 41611. The Disco Lighting and Starting System. ..."
4. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"Lee's American automobile annual for 1900: a handbook for ¡ill interested in
horseless vehicles. S. 20-275p. il. flex. lea. $1.50. '00. Laird. ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"That a statute limiting speed on the high ways applies only to horseless vehicles
does not render it void under a constitutional provision that no one shall ..."