horse-wain

English

Alternative forms

  • horse wain

Etymology

From Middle English *hors-wain, from Old English horswæġn (“chariot”), equivalent to horse +‎ wain.

Noun

horse-wain (plural horse-wains)

  1. (rare) A wain (i.e. wagon) drawn by horse.
    • 1862, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, Transactions, volume 10, page 121:
      Coal was conveyed into the more remote districts in the rough horse-wains of the time, and carried also in sacks or creels slung on the backs of pack horses.
    • 1873, Mothers' Journal: A Family Magazine, volume 38, page 550:
      I've tut up my sasses for horse-wains, An' twaded by sippers for boots: […]
    • 1909, Sophocles in English Verse, volume 2, page 43:
      Upon a horse-wain, even as thou sayest, […]
    • 1916, Euripides, Arthur Sanders Way, Euripides: Iphigeneia at Aulis, page 57:
      And thou, my daughter, from the horse-wain step, […]
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