droshky

American  

[drosh-kee] / ˈdrɒʃ ki /

noun

droshkies plural

1. a light, low, four-wheeled, open vehicle used mainly in Russia, in which the passengers sit astride or sideways on a long, narrow bench.

2. any of various other carriages, used mainly in Russia.

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droshky British  

/ ˈdrɒskɪ, ˈdrɒʃkɪ /

noun

1. an open four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger carriage, formerly used in Russia

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• droshkies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of droshky

1800–10; < Russian drózhki, originally diminutive of drógi a long, bodyless wagon, plural (functioning as singular) of drogá one of the shafts joining the front and rear axles of a wagon

Example Sentences

Presently we turn across country and come to a house; there we leave the droshky; and there also will be horses for us in readiness if we should need them—later.

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John

I arrived at Moscow, and hurried in a droshky across the well-known bridge to Paul's lodgings.

From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel

No, he was a droshky driver; I knew it, though I could not see him.

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John

In the near vicinity of the inn stood a droshky.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham

I have long been a member of the League, though, save herself, none other connected with it suspected the identity of a certain droshky driver, who did good service at one time and another.”

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John