brougham

[ broo-uhm, broom, broh-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a four-wheeled, boxlike, closed carriage for two or four persons, having the driver's perch outside.
Automotive.
1. (formerly) a limousine having an open driver's compartment.
2. an early type of automobile resembling a coupé, often powered by an electric motor.

brougham

/ bruːm; ˈbruːəm /

a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
obsolete.
a large car with an open compartment at the front for the driver
obsolete.
an early electric car

1850–55; named after Lord Brougham (1778–1868), English statesman

C19: named after Henry Peter, Lord Brougham (1778–1868)

The Frenchman shrugged his shoulders as he stepped into his perfectly-appointed but funereal-looking little brougham.

Nevertheless, they had spoken to no one, and on the fall of the curtain had entered a brougham in waiting and driven off.

Jessie hesitated just a minute to make quite sure that she had her permit in her pocket, when a two-horse brougham dashed up.

Maxwell lounged away, and Jessie passed quickly along as the countess came down the steps and stepped into her brougham.

She has a flat at three hundred pounds, an electric brougham, a box at the opera, and a little place at Henley.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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