Cabriolet
[,kæbriәu'lei]
Definition
(n.) A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.
Inputed by Avis
Definition
n. a covered carriage with two or four wheels drawn by one horse.
Typist: Tito
Examples
- For a moment I resolved to stop, and, opposing the back of the cabriolet to the force of the tempest, to expect morning as well as I might. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- After a brief reflection, he called a hack-cabriolet, and bade the man drive towards Bethnal Green. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I saw Ebrington's cabriolet, and had no stomach for going out to dinner yesterday; so down I sat at my window to watch for his lordship's departure. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Editor: Tess