Dictionary entry

Four-in-hand

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Four″–in–hand (?), a. Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-hand coach. — n. A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team.

As quaint a four-in-hand

As you shall see. Tennyson.