cariole

or car·ri·ole

[kar-ee-ohl]

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.

Nearby words

Origin of cariole

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

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Examples from the Web for cariole

Here an Indian lad rushed into the wigwam with the word that Kennedy was coming with their cariole.
Algonquin Indian Tales|Egerton R. Young
Soon the fearful bouncing of the cariole aroused me to something like consciousness.
The Land of Thor|J. Ross Browne
We are in a cahot and must get our cariole out of it as best we can!
The Golden Dog|William Kirby
The Norwegian cariole holds only one person, and the driver or attendant sits on a narrow board above the axle-tree.
Chasing the Sun|R.M. Ballantyne

It had ceased raining, and she removed her kerchief, folded it, and stowed it away in a little pocket in front of the cariole.
Magnhild Dust|Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson

British Dictionary definitions for cariole

cariole

carriole

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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