horses and carts
Pre-automobile hauling method
Horses and carts refers to horse-drawn vehicles, now largely replaced by motorized transport.
The phrase evokes pre-industrial life and appears in nostalgic or historical contexts: The village still had horses and carts when my grandmother was young.
To put the cart before the horse is to reverse proper order—doing things backwards.
- equineOf the horse family
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
- carriage rideJourney by horse-drawn vehicle
- draySideless freight cart
farrier · workhorse · phaeton · buggy · farming · harness · livery stable · wagon · hay wagon · stagecoach · sulky · coachman · plow · traces · hitching post · chariot · hooves · bridle
horses and cartsautomobiles
Self-propelled road vehicles
cars · motor cars · trucks · internal combustion engines · steam engines
horses and cartsmechanization
Converting to machine operation
automation · modernity · progress · high technology · silicon valley
horses and cartsbullet trains
Ultra-fast passenger locomotives
supersonic jets · express delivery · high-speed internet · teleportation · lightning speed
horse, cart, horsed, horses, carts, carted, carting, carter, cartage