cariole

or car·ri·ole

[ kar-ee-ohl ]

/ ˈkær iˌoʊl /

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noun

a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.

a covered cart.

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

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Origin of cariole

1760–70; <French carriole<Old Provençal carriola, equivalent to carri carriage (<Late Latin carrium, for Latin carrus;see car¹) + -ola-ole¹

Words nearby cariole

Carinthia, carinula, carioca, Cariocan, cariogenic, cariole, carious, Carisbrooke Castle, carisoprodol, caritas, caritive

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How to use cariole in a sentence

The people of the Skyds-station fulfilled their promise to Solli, and put Katharine in their best cariole.
Katharine Frensham|Beatrice Harraden
Carriage and cariole drew up at the same moment, and Katharine saw face to face the man whom she loved.
Katharine Frensham|Beatrice Harraden
When John arrived there, seeing the shop as he drove past, he descended from his cariole and entered.
Three in Norway|James Arthur Lees
So rapidly regaining his cariole, he vanished before any of the crowd had made up their minds what to do.
Three in Norway|James Arthur Lees

Dressed in these, and tucked in among the robes in the cariole by their careful driver, they sped along the trails.
Algonquin Indian Tales|Egerton R. Young

British Dictionary definitions for cariole

cariole

carriole

/ (ˈkærɪˌəʊl) /

noun

a small open two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle

a covered cart

Word Origin for cariole

C19: from French carriole, ultimately from Latin carrus; see car

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