Horseless \Horse"less\, a. Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; -- said of certain vehicles in which horse power has been replaced by electricity, steam, etc.; as, a horseless carriage or truck. It was used primarily in the term ``horseless carriage'', to refer to automobiles. By the 1930's when automobiles had become more common than horses for transportation, the term had lost its currency. [archaic, except in a historical context.] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]