barouche
Americannoun
noun
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
Example Sentences
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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
Cryptic strangers turn up at Cornish inns; blackhearted villains display appropriately "bestial" passions; brave young Tristan nearly gets himself killed stopping the runaway horses of Isolde's barouche.
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
Before the shadows grew quite dark, a barouche or two, with ladies and livery, would drive across the Piazza, giving a whiff of fashion like the gleam of red costume that heightens a landscape.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward
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