iron horse

iron horse

n. Informal A railroad locomotive.

iron horse

n (Historical Terms) archaic a steam-driven railway locomotive

i′ron horse′

n.
Older Use. a locomotive. [1825–35]

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iron horse - (c. 1840) an early term for a locomotivelocomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive, engine - a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks