In the field of
transport
Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional Motion, movement of humans, animals, and cargo, goods from one location to another. Mode of transport, Modes of transport include aviation, air, land tr ...
a fly is, by definition, a
vehicle
A vehicle () is a machine designed for self-propulsion, usually to transport people, cargo, or both. The term "vehicle" typically refers to land vehicles such as human-powered land vehicle, human-powered vehicles (e.g. bicycles, tricycles, velo ...
that moves quickly. Examples include a light horse-drawn
public passenger vehicle or
delivery wagon or a light, covered, vehicle hired from a
livery stable
A livery yard, livery stable or boarding stable, is a stable where horse owners pay a weekly or monthly fee to keep their horses. A livery or boarding yard is not usually a riding school and the horses are not normally for hire (unless on wor ...
(such as a single-horse pleasure
carriage
A carriage is a two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for passengers. In Europe they were a common mode of transport for the wealthy during the Roman Empire, and then again from around 1600 until they were replaced by the motor car around 1 ...
or a
hansom cab).
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File:Stage-coach and mail in days of yore - a picturesque history of the coaching age (1903) (14596017477).jpg, A Pickfords Fly
File:Stage Waggon 1816 (14596016587).jpg, Passengers board the Kendal Fly - after Thomas Rowlandson, 1816
File:Model of a ‘flying ambulance’, Europe, 1801-1850 Wellcome L0058526.jpg , Flying ambulance 1790 (model) for the fast transport of wounded soldiers from battlefield to hospital
See also
* Carriage
A carriage is a two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for passengers. In Europe they were a common mode of transport for the wealthy during the Roman Empire, and then again from around 1600 until they were replaced by the motor car around 1 ...
* Horse-drawn vehicle
A horse-drawn vehicle is a piece of equipment pulled by one or more horses. These vehicles typically have two or four wheels and were used to carry passengers or a load. They were once common worldwide, but they have mostly been replaced by auto ...
References
Carriages
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