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curricle

American  
[kur-i-kuhl] / ˈkɜr ɪ kəl /

noun

  1. a light, two-wheeled, open carriage drawn by two horses abreast.


curricle British  
/ ˈkʌrɪkəl /

noun

  1. a two-wheeled open carriage drawn by two horses side by side

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of curricle

1675–85; < Latin curriculum; see curriculum

Example Sentences

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"There will be room enough in the curricle."

From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah

Dr. Harrison had come for her this time in an easy pleasant-going curricle, drawn by beautiful animals, and who felt beautifully in that gay wind.

From Say and Seal, Volume I by Warner, Susan

She stood silent, supported by him, looking on the prostrate horses and shattered curricle; then turned her grave eyes on the doctor.

From Say and Seal, Volume I by Warner, Susan

Gone, together with the smart fellow driving the curricle, and all the other figures of that scene, into the forgotten.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

My memory notes this well; because I recollected, when I saw it, that there was in the stable a horse fit to run in the curricle with this one.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

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