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

The slightest pull at the reins would throw him upon his haunches, and cariole and all would go spinning over him into some horrible abyss.

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

This remarkable boy sits on a board behind the cariole, and drives it back to the station from which it starts.

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

Quantities of people, the famous Naples "cariole" crammed with peasants and children, and all eyes turned to the mountain.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

In a little while the horse and cariole designed for my use were brought up before the door, and the landlord informed me that all was “fertig.”

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

Seizing the horse by the bridle, she backed him up in a jiffy between the shafts of the cariole, and pushing the old gray-heads aside with a merry laugh, proceeded to arrange the harness.

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