horse-drawn carriage

Victorian wheeled conveyance

A horse-drawn carriage is a wheeled vehicle pulled by horses, used for transporting passengers before the automobile era.

The term now typically refers to carriages used for tourism, weddings, or historical reenactments: We took a horse-drawn carriage through Central Park.

Distinguished from horse-drawn carts or wagons, which carry goods rather than people.

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Self-propelled passenger conveyance

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Vehicle requiring no human pilot

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G