# horseless carriage

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An early automobile, of the types designed before World War I.
2. Something new and unprecedented interpreted in older and familiar terms.

## Etymology
Early term for an automobile, at the time it was common that carriages were pulled by animals, typically horses, but the automobiles were not.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/horseless-carriage