horseless carriage

== English == === 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. === Noun === horseless carriage (plural horseless carriages) (historical) An early automobile, of the types designed before World War I. Synonym: Brass Era car (figurative) Something new and unprecedented interpreted in older and familiar terms. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== buggy whip === Further reading === horseless carriage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Horsey Horseless on Wikipedia.Wikipedia