carriole

[ kar-ee-ohl ]

/ ˈkær iˌoʊl /

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noun

a variant of cariole.

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Words nearby carriole

carrier-free, carrier pigeon, carrier screening, carrier wave, Carrington, carriole, carrion, carrion beetle, carrion crow, carrion flower, Carrión's disease

How to use carriole in a sentence

As his carriole slipped lightly over it, Northwick had a fantastic sense of his own minuteness and remoteness.
The Quality of Mercy|W. D. Howells
He started awake, and found his carriole driver standing over him.
The Quality of Mercy|W. D. Howells
This ran through his mind in the presence of the old man who bustled out of the door of the cabin where his carriole had stopped.
The Quality of Mercy|W. D. Howells
The wolf kept the centre of the river, and the carriole bounded from snow-pack to snow-pack, or shot along the level ice.
The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19|Various

In returning, the carriole in which Peter Bedford rode struck against a rock at a sharp corner and was overset.
Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel|John Yeardley

British Dictionary definitions for carriole

carriole

/ (ˈkærɪˌəʊl) /

noun

a variant spelling of cariole

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