horse-drawn

horse-drawn
adjective
pulled by a horse
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a horse-drawn carriage

Pertains to noun: ↑horse

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horse-drawn UK US adjective
pulled by a horse or by several horses
Thesaurus: road vehicles pulled by horseshyponym

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adj. (of a vehicle) pulled by a horse or horses

a horse-drawn carriage

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adj
: pulled by a horse or by a group of horses

a horse-drawn carriage

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ˈhorse-drawn [horse-drawn] adjective only before noun
(of a vehicle) pulled by a horse or horses

Horse-drawn trams were introduced to the city in 1882.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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