berline

[ ber-lin, bur-lin ]

noun

an automobile with the front and rear compartments separated by a glass partition, as some limousines.

Origin of berline

From French; see origin at berlin

They stopped the berline, and I handed them over to them without hesitation, thinking that they had come from the Emperor.'
The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard | Arthur Conan Doyle
Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France une grande berline.
A Modern Telemachus | Charlotte M. Yonge
I am sorry to say that my berline, which was the envy of every one in Antwerp, was eventually captured by the Germans.
Fighting in Flanders | E. Alexander Powell
The street was deserted save for de Robespierre's berline and his impatient postillion.
The Trampling of the Lilies | Rafael Sabatini
It was an indifferent-looking berline, and my men were within an ace of allowing it to pass.
The Trampling of the Lilies | Rafael Sabatini

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