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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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

"If there was a vacency ... he might try cantering after the royal barouche."

From Time Magazine Archive

Bergman has treated each of these dilapidated vehicles as if it were the Queen's own royal barouche wheeling through the gates of Buckingham Palace.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oswald leaned back in the corner of the barouche.

From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

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