barouche

American  

[buh-roosh] / bəˈruʃ /

noun

1. a four-wheeled carriage with a high front seat outside for the driver, facing seats inside for two couples, and a calash top over the back seat.

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barouche British  

/ bəˈruːʃ /

noun

1. a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front

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Etymology

Origin of barouche

1795–1805; < dialectal German Barutsche < Italian baroccio < Vulgar Latin *birotium, equivalent to Late Latin birot ( us ) two-wheeled ( see bi- ¹, rota ¹) + -ium -ium

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Example Sentences

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barouche

Hunt eventually arrived in an open-topped barouche carriage, to great cheers, at 1.15pm.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2018

Etiquette decrees that we call it Frownton Abbey before apologising profusely and leaving in the nearest barouche.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2012

Here Queen Victoria used to drive in her barouche, smiling grimly under her swivel-topped black parasol.

From Time Magazine Archive

Back from the club in an open barouche rode the royal brothers through lines of cheering Bermudians, solemnly shook hands with 650 chosen people.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Hunt and his friends entered the barouche.

From The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell by Theophila Carlile Campbell

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