berline

American  

[ber-lin, bur-lin] / bərˈlɪn, ˈbɜr lɪn /

Or berlin

noun

1. an automobile with the front and rear compartments separated by a glass partition, as some limousines.

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Etymology

Origin of berline

From French; berlin

Example Sentences

And at this moment, the duchess's berline having drawn up at the steps, she entered it.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

A berline stood at the door, the postillion at the horses' heads, and about it there was some bustle, as if in preparation of a departure.

From The Trampling of the Lilies by Sabatini, Rafael

If Gabrielle could have read the thoughts that were working in two busy skulls within that rumbling berline she might have, perhaps, gazed out of the window with less hopeful equanimity.

From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

After setting up housekeeping in our berline, and putting all "to rights," the whips cracked, bells jingled, and away we thundered by the arrowy Rhone.

From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

It was an indifferent-looking berline, and my men were within an ace of allowing it to pass.

From The Trampling of the Lilies by Sabatini, Rafael