jaunting car

American  

noun

1. a light, two-wheeled, one-horse cart, once common in Ireland, having two seats set back to back, with a perch in front for the driver.

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jaunting car British  

noun

1. a light two-wheeled one-horse car, formerly widely used in Ireland

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Etymology

Origin of jaunting car

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

And while he brandished it, they drew him about the campus in an Irish "jaunting car."

From Time Magazine Archive

Carts with donkeys attached, resembled somewhat the jaunting car in Ireland.

From A Journey Through France in War Time by Butler, Joseph G. (Joseph Green)

The jaunting car of Ireland is a vehicle peculiar to that country alone.

From The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle by Stokes, Katherine

At the foot of the pass we left our jaunting car to walk over the mountain, C—— alone being mounted on a pony.

From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

It, therefore, became necessary that she should ask her grandfather to lend her the jaunting car.

From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony