droshky

American  

[drosh-kee] / ˈdrɒʃ ki /

noun

plural

droshkies

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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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

I didn’t really see her; the droshky drove off the very instant she called out.

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John

Kovaloff, still holding his handkerchief to his face, re-entered the droshky and cried in a despairing voice “Drive on!”

From The Mantle and Other Stories by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich

My belongings are put on another droshky, skilfully fitted together like an elaborate mosaic.

From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by Vay, P?ter

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

Help me to get into the droshky, and don't give way to melancholy.

From Fathers and Children by Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich