Meaning

3 senses
  1. (UK)A motor vehicle for transporting horses.

  2. A container for transporting horses in, whether by road, rail, or sea.

  3. (UK, obsolete)A van-type railway vehicle specially built for the carriage of horses.

More definitions
  • a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From horse + box.

From horse + box.

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Forms

plural: horseboxes
Singularhorsebox
Pluralhorseboxes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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