fiacre

American  

[fee-ah-ker, -ahk, fya-kr^uh] / fiˈɑ kər, -ˈɑk, ˈfya krə /

noun

plural

fiacres

1. a small horse-drawn carriage.

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fiacre British  

/ fɪˈɑːkrə /

noun

1. a small four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, usually with a folding roof

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Etymology

Origin of fiacre

1690–1700; < French; after the Hotel de St. Fiacre in Paris, where such carriages were first for hire

Example Sentences

Charlotte de Corday arrived in Paris, bought a kitchen knife for 40 sous, took a fiacre to Marat's residence where she was refused admittance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Emperor regularly nipped down to Katherina's house for coffee after early morning Mass. Delighted Viennese fiacre drivers called him "Herr Schratt."

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps the dreariest city in Europe was Paris, principal shrine of all tourism, where sidewalk cafes stood empty most of the time and even the six remaining fiacre drivers looked in vain for customers.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has also moonlighted as a fiacre driver in Central Park and a boxer in Atlantic City, New Jersey, although his real ambition is someday to be a cop or fireman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Settled back in the slow, smoothly rolling fiacre we moved up the Avenue de l'Opéra, passed the locked doors of the shops, their windows lighted, the Avenue broad and shiny and almost deserted.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway