Horseless

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Horseless \Horse"less\, a.
     Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; --
     said of certain vehicles in which horse power has been
     replaced by electricity, steam, etc.; as, a horseless
     carriage or truck. It was used primarily in the term
     "horseless carriage", to refer to automobiles. By the 1930's


     when automobiles had become more common than horses for
     transportation, the term had lost its currency. [archaic,
     except in a historical context.]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]