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

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jaunting car

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

From Time Magazine Archive

We drove about the town on a jaunting car, with a talkative driver, seeing all the sights and listening to strange, wild legends.

From Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children by Greenwood, Grace

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)

The jaunting car being filled with people was too heavy to be kept back, and pressed heavy upon the horses.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

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