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ˈhorse-box
1. A closed carriage or vehicle for transporting horses by railway; an enclosure for a horse to be slung into or conveyed in a vessel.
1846[see box n.1 12]. 1849Sir F. B. Head Stokers & Pokers iii. (1851) 41 Embarking in carriages, horse-boxes, and trucks. Mod. Railw. Time Table, Horse Boxes and Carriage Trucks are not conveyed by these Trains.
2. Humorously applied to large pews with high sides, formerly common, esp. in country churches.
1884Sat. Rev. 16 Aug., The interior is encumbered with huge horse-boxes, lined with mangy baize. 1891P. G. Stone Archit. Antiq. Isle Wight 6 In 1744 the pewing was re-arranged..on the ‘horse-box’ principle. |