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

"Is it far to go to the jaunting car?"

From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Souvestre, Pierre

As nearly every one knows, a jaunting car is a two-wheeled affair.

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul

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

From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony

This jaunting car is one I had sent over from Paris, to help my ponies get a blue ribbon at the Hill'n'dale horse show.

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Ford, Sewell