Barouche
[bә'ru:ʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top.
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Definition
(n.) A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat.
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Definition
n. a double-seated four-wheeled carriage with a falling top.
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Examples
- And letting down the side-glass to distinguish, 'Tis Crawford's, Crawford's barouche, I protest! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The next morning from my window I saw Amy drive up to my door, in the Count Palmella's barouche. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- When we passed your house in my barouche. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- We explored to King's-Weston twice last summer, in that way, most delightfully, just after their first having the barouche-landau. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You were in Meyler's barouche. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The carriage--an open barouche--was ready. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- So she drove about with one of her dear German friends, and Jos asleep on the back-seat of the barouche. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He gave me his arm, and the two officers courteously bowed me out, and we found at the door a phaeton or barouche with a postilion and post horses. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There is no hardship, I suppose, nothing unpleasant, said Edmund, in going on the barouche box. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- We got an open barouche and a wild, boisterous driver, and set out. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If the worst comes to the worst, Becky thought, my retreat is secure; and I have a right-hand seat in the barouche. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Henry, who is good-nature itself, has offered to fetch it in his barouche. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Along with the Captain was Ensign Stubble; who, as the barouche neared the inn, burst out with an exclamation of By Jove! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Indeed, when the time draws on, I shall decidedly recommend their bringing the barouche-landau; it will be so very much preferable. Jane Austen. Emma.
- We met Lord Ponsonby in a barouche, accompanied by his sister, Lady Howick. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But Edward had no turn for great men or barouches. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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