one-horse
adjective
Drawn by or using a single horse: a one-horse cart...
- In 1848 American Agriculturist praised new wagons light enough to be pulled by only two horses. By the 1860s one-horse wagons were available.
- Four hundredweight in a one-horse cart was low in comparison with the weights carried by scheduled carriers but it is a plausible average to use for traffic on the rural roads of Cheshire.
- A one-horse cart could carry much more than a packhorse but travelled more slowly.
Phrases
one-horse race
one-horse town