cariole

American  

[kar-ee-ohl] / ˈkær iˌoʊl /

Or carriole

noun

1. a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.

2. a covered cart.

3. a light, open sleigh pulled by horses or dogs, especially one used in French Canada.

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cariole British  

/ ˈkærɪˌəʊl /

noun

1. a small open two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle

2. a covered cart

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Etymology

Origin of cariole

1760–70; < French carriole < Old Provençal carriola, equivalent to carri carriage (< Late Latin carrium, for Latin carrus; see car ¹) + -ola -ole ¹

Example Sentences

I praised his cariole horses, and he was enchanted.

From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)

“Look here! my friend,” said I, “if you’ll get me a horse and cariole in half an hour, I’ll give you two marks extra—forstöe?”

From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)

At the slow stations he must wait till the neighborhood, for a distance of three or four miles perhaps, is searched for a horse—sometimes for both horse and cariole.

From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)

I looked back afterwards as father and I drove down; he was walking beside Clare's cariole and they were laughing heartily.

From Laid up in Lavender by Weyman, Stanley J.

So I mounted the cariole, resolved to abide whatever fate Providence might have in store for me.

From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)