cariole
Americannoun
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a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
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a covered cart.
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a light, open sleigh pulled by horses or dogs, especially one used in French Canada.
noun
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a small open two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle
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a covered cart
Etymology
Origin of cariole
1760–70; < French carriole < Old Provençal carriola, equivalent to carri carriage (< Late Latin carrium, for Latin carrus; car 1 ) + -ola -ole 1
Example Sentences
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I looked back afterwards as father and I drove down; he was walking beside Clare's cariole and they were laughing heartily.
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When they visited distant friends they rode on horseback, or were crowded into Mr. Crutchfield's cariole—a kind of covered spring cart.
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Quantities of people, the famous Naples "cariole" crammed with peasants and children, and all eyes turned to the mountain.
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Cariole, Carriole, kar′i-ōl, n. a small open carriage: a light cart.
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So rapidly regaining his cariole, he vanished before any of the crowd had made up their minds what to do.
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