"horsebox" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: horseboxes [plural]
Etymology: From horse + box. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|horse|box}} horse + box Head templates: {{en-noun}} horsebox (plural horseboxes)
  1. (UK) A motor vehicle for transporting horses. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-horsebox-en-noun-9FJtq2Ms Categories (other): British English
  2. A container for transporting horses in, whether by road, rail, or sea.
    Sense id: en-horsebox-en-noun-3r9k5YE9
  3. (UK, rail transport, obsolete) A van-type railway vehicle specially built for the carriage of horses. Tags: UK, obsolete Categories (topical): Rail transportation, Containers, Vehicles Categories (lifeform): Horses
    Sense id: en-horsebox-en-noun-4~04jc1A Disambiguation of Containers: 12 34 55 Disambiguation of Vehicles: 22 11 67 Disambiguation of Horses: 30 19 51 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 2 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 8 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 5 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 4 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 11 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 14 8 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 6 67 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (vehicle): van [masculine] (French), box [masculine] (Italian), hästtransport (english: towed container) [common-gender] (Swedish), hästsläp (english: towed container) [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'vehicle': 53 0 47

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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