herdic

American  

[hur-dik] / ˈhɜr dɪk /

noun

1. a low-hung carriage with two or four wheels, having the entrance at the back and the seats at the sides.

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herdic British  

/ ˈhɜːdɪk /

noun

1. a small horse-drawn carriage with a rear entrance and side seats

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Etymology

Origin of herdic

1880–85, named after P. Herdic, 19th-century American, the inventor

Example Sentences

The silence is broken only by occasional noises from the street, the rattling of the wheels of a herdic over the pavement, the voices of newsboys, and an occasional strawberry-vender’s cry.

From The Dreamers A Club by Bangs, John Kendrick

The sigh was only half hove when the herdic backed up to my destination, which was about 300 feet from where I got in, as the crow flies.

From Remarks by Nye, Bill

Come, people, let's get back in the herdic, for we have a long journey ahead of us.

From The Sorrows of a Show Girl by McGaffey, Kenneth

During the winters he was at the Winthrop, Mr. Whittier's favorite way of getting about was in a herdic.

From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane

And if you want to be comfortable in a herdic, sit sidewise and pretend that the seat is a horse.

From In the Riding-School; Chats with Esmeralda by Browne, Theo. Stephenson