mechanical horse

English

Noun

mechanical horse (plural mechanical horses)

  1. A three-wheeled tractor unit which was usually coupled to a short semitrailer.
    • 1939 November, Charles E. Lee, “Railways and the War — I”, in Railway Magazine, page 312, photo caption:
      Three views showing various units of the G.W.R. fleet of mechanical horses engaged in the delivery in London of what are termed officially "galvanised corrugated steel shelters." The G.W.R. effected its deliveries from the Paddington and South Lambeth depots
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