horse-ferry

The means of conveyance was an old horse-ferry that was operated by a man named

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 Various

Their only hope is now the horse-ferry, an aged flat-bottomed contrivance wound across by a squad of natives and a chain.

The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 F. L. Morrison

The horse-ferry had stopped running, and we had a job to find any one to put us over.

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

The horse-ferry had stopped running, and we had a job to find any one to put us over.

Villa Rubein, and other stories John Galsworthy 1900

After he had parted from Mary he rode back to Westminster, and crossed the river by the horse-ferry that plied there.

By What Authority? Robert Hugh Benson 1892

The ferry is still used, but only seldom as a horse-ferry.

Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various 1852

This ferry is named as a horse-ferry by Norden in the _Britanniæ Speculum_, 1592

Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various 1852

They had succeeded in crossing by a horse-ferry at Shepherdstown -- a small village not far from Sharpsburg, and about seven miles from the battle-field of

Border and Bastille 1851

Consort; a mistake had been made in the matter of a preaching license, and Cranmer had desired Cromwell to look into it; a house had been sold in Cheapside on which Ralph had been told to keep a suspicious eye, and he was asked his opinion on the matter; and such things as these occupied his time fully, until towards four o'clock in the afternoon his carriage rolled up to the horse-ferry at Lambeth, and he thrust the papers back into his bag before stepping out.

The King's Achievement Robert Hugh Benson 1892