horselessadj.
/ˈhɔːslɪs/ Without a horse. Applied c1895–1910 to motor vehicles.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective] > deprived of horses
uncolted1598
horseless1671
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [adjective] > having no horses
horseless1878
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [adjective]
locomotive1800
automotive1830
automobile1876
auto-1895
horseless1895
unpulled1895
self-driving1905
motorized1922
1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 429 The horseless Horse~man.
1790 W. Cowper Let. 8 Sept. (1982) III. 412 We rejoice that though unhorsed and rather horseless you come safe home again.
1878 London Q. Rev. Jan. 338 It is from the apparently horseless Continent of America that the finest geological evidence of the pedigree of the horse is to be traced.
1895 Chambers's Jrnl. 12 673/1 Horseless carriages threaten to give a new aspect to road traffic.
1900 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Christmas 5/1 Horseless carriage, large size, wind with key, best spring, 50 c.
1901 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 14/2 The three great trusts that control the making and using of these horseless machines.
1905 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 111/1 Farmers, who now look askance at horseless vehicles.
1973 J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 144 An Olde Worlde coaching town which hadn't yet got round to noticing the arrival of the horseless carriage.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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