# horsebox

Pronunciation: US say "HORS-bahks" /ˈhɔɹsˌbɑks/; UK say "HAWS-boks" /ˈhɔːsbɒks/

## Noun

1. A motor vehicle built for carrying horses from place to place. *(UK)*
   - Simple: A truck or van made for carrying horses by road.
   - _She drove the horsebox to the cross-country event at dawn._
   - _A muddy horsebox stood parked beside the stable yard._
2. A container for carrying horses, whether by road, rail, or sea.
   - Simple: A large container used to move horses by road, rail, or sea.
   - _The horsebox was hoisted aboard the freighter alongside other livestock containers._
   - _Railway workers secured each horsebox to the flatbed before departure._

## Noun

3. A van-type railway vehicle constructed specifically for the carriage of horses. *(obsolete, UK)*
   - Simple: A railway wagon built specially to carry horses.
   - _Stable hands walked the hunters up the ramp into the horsebox before the train departed for the meet._
   - _The station master shunted the horsebox onto a siding to await the next service._

## Origin

A compound of "horse" and "box".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/horsebox (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).