Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of wheelless carriage or palanquin hung on poles between two horses, going one behind the other.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses.

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Examples

  • Next day, they put him in a horse-litter, and carried him to Sleaford Castle, where he passed another night of pain and horror.

    A Child's History of England 2007

  • He was carried to London in a horse-litter, was fastened by an iron chain to a gibbet, and so roasted to death.

    A Child's History of England 2007

  • Then, the horse-litter went out at the gate with Sergeant Drooce in it; and the horse-litter went out at the gate with Mrs. Belltott in it; and

    The Perils of Certain English Prisoners 2007

  • Then, the horse-litter went out at the gate with Sergeant Drooce in it; and the horse-litter went out at the gate with Mrs. Belltott in it; and

    The Perils of Certain English Prisoners 2007

  • Border-country to join the English army; and the King, now weak and sick, followed in a horse-litter.

    A Child's History of England 2007

  • Richard Varney had left the Castle by the postern gate with three other persons, one of whom was transported in a horse-litter.

    Kenilworth 2004

  • He was deposited in the horse-litter which had brought him from the lists, and every precaution taken for his travelling with ease.

    Ivanhoe 2004

  • Little notice was at first taken of the horse-litter, and it might have remained behind but for the curiosity of De Bracy, who looked into it under the impression that it might contain the object of his enterprise, for Rowena had not unveiled herself.

    Ivanhoe 2004

  • There is the horse-litter in which the great emperor was borne to battle, and there is the sword which Isabella the great queen wore; and I liked looking at the lanterns and the flags of the Turkish galleys from the mighty sea-fight cf Lepanto, and the many other trophies won from the Turks.

    Familiar Spanish Travels 2004

  • To this man, whose character resembled that of Lambourne, though he was neither quite so prompt nor altogether so profligate, Varney gave command to have three horses saddled, and to prepare a horse-litter, and have them in readiness at the postern gate.

    Kenilworth 2004

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