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

"Present my greetings to my old teacher," he called down from the cariole, as he grasped the hand of the mistress of the house.

From Magnhild Dust by Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne

This, however, did not suit the coxswain’s purposes, and as he and Ole had occupied the same cariole, there was no want of concert in their words and actions.

From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Optic, Oliver

So rapidly regaining his cariole, he vanished before any of the crowd had made up their minds what to do.

From Three in Norway by Two of Them by Clutterbuck, Walter J.

Soon the fearful bouncing of the cariole aroused me to something like consciousness.

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