horseless carriageとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

horseless carriage (複数形 horseless carriages)

1. (historical) An early automobile, of the types designed before World War I.
   • 1896 August, Popular Science Monthly‎^[1], volume 49:

     The movement for the introduction of horseless carriages is represented by two periodicals, the Horseless Age and the Motocycle, in the United States; the Autocar, in London; and La Locomotion Automobile and La France Automobile, in France.

   • 1918, Booth Tarkington, chapter VIII, in The Magnificent Ambersons:

     Fanny Minafer had begun to talk to Lucy. "Your father wanted to prove that his horseless carriage would run, even in the snow," she said. "It really does, too."

同意語

• (early automobile): Brass Era automobile, Brass Era car

Further reading

• horseless carriage on Wikipedia.