Definition of "steam-carriage" []

• A road-carriage driven by steam-power. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In 1794 he became engineer at the Ding Dong Mine, where he introduced many improvements; and a few years later he was busily engaged in designing a genuine steam-carriage, which was finished and made its first short trip on Christmas Eve, 1801, carrying the first passengers ever known to have been conveyed by steam."
• "Razor runs over the face like a steam-carriage along a railroad, you don't know how; beard disappears like grass before the sickle, or a regiment of Britishers before Yankee rifles."
• "To the surprise and admiration of the crowd, however, the Novelty steam-carriage, the"