horsebox noun3 •(UK) A motor vehicle for transporting horses. •A container for transporting horses in, whether by road, rail, or sea. •(UK, no longer used) A van-type railway vehicle specially built for the carriage of horses.On October 31 [...] Laira "Grange" No. 6871 passed through Wolverhampton with a Holyhead-Didcot horsebox special. — 1960 formshorseboxes