iron horse
noun Older Use.
a locomotive.
Origin of iron horse
First recorded in 1825–35
Words nearby iron horse
iron glance,
iron gray,
iron grey,
iron guard,
iron hand,
iron horse,
iron law of wages,
iron lung,
iron maiden,
iron man,
iron meteorite
Example sentences from the Web for iron horse
They had no time to repair or refit, for an iron-horse of more bottom was close behind.
Daring and Suffering: |William Pittenger
British Dictionary definitions for iron horse
iron horse
noun
archaic
a steam-driven railway locomotive