horseless carriage

Etymology
Early term for an automobile, at the time it was common that carriages were pulled by animals, typically horses, but the automobiles were not.

Noun

 * 1)  An early automobile, of the types designed before World War I.
 * 2)  Something new and unprecedented interpreted in older and familiar terms.
 * 1)  Something new and unprecedented interpreted in older and familiar terms.
 * 1)  Something new and unprecedented interpreted in older and familiar terms.
 * 1)  Something new and unprecedented interpreted in older and familiar terms.