horse ferry

English

Noun

horse ferry (plural horse ferries)

1. (now chiefly historical) A watercraft powered by horses or mules, generally using a treadmill.
2. (now chiefly historical) A ferry that transports horses.
   • 2012, Jerry White, London in the Eighteenth Century, Bodley Head, published 2017, page 45:

     Again, petitions against [Westminster Bridge] were received from many, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, in whose gift the horse ferry from Lambeth to Westminster lay.