cariole

or car·ri·ole

[ kar-ee-ohl ]

noun
  1. a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.

  2. a covered cart.

  1. a light, open sleigh pulled by horses or dogs, especially one used in French Canada.

Origin of cariole

1
1760–70; <French carriole<Old Provençal carriola, equivalent to carri carriage (<Late Latin carrium, for Latin carrus;see car1) + -ola-ole1

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How to use cariole in a sentence

  • The people of the Skyds-station fulfilled their promise to Solli, and put Katharine in their best cariole.

    Katharine Frensham | Beatrice Harraden
  • Carriage and cariole drew up at the same moment, and Katharine saw face to face the man whom she loved.

    Katharine Frensham | Beatrice Harraden
  • When John arrived there, seeing the shop as he drove past, he descended from his cariole and entered.

    Three in Norway | James Arthur Lees
  • So rapidly regaining his cariole, he vanished before any of the crowd had made up their minds what to do.

    Three in Norway | James Arthur Lees
  • Dressed in these, and tucked in among the robes in the cariole by their careful driver, they sped along the trails.

    Algonquin Indian Tales | Egerton R. Young

British Dictionary definitions for cariole

cariole

carriole

/ (ˈkærɪˌəʊl) /


noun
  1. a small open two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle

  2. a covered cart

Origin of cariole

1
C19: from French carriole, ultimately from Latin carrus; see car

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