rheda
Americannoun
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rhedas,
plural
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rhedae
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of rheda
< Latin raeda, r ( h ) ēda < Gaulish; cf. palfrey
Example Sentences
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Ligurius had recovered sufficiently to remount his horse, while Mago's attendants had laid the still senseless Caipor in the rheda to which their master now assisted Marcia.
From The Lion's Brood by Duffield Osborne
So speaking, he assisted Marcia to descend, and, summoning his servants, gave the rheda and its guardians into their care.
From The Lion's Brood by Duffield Osborne
We will take his advice, and instead of traveling in the clumsy rheda over the sandy road, we will ride out on horseback.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 by Various
Driving within the walls of Rome being forbidden save to the Emperor and the Vestals, the tenants of these villas met the rheda outside the gates, drawn by its pair of fast-stepping horses.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
"Drive on," said Marcia, for they had all drawn rein, half unconsciously, and she lay back, behind the curtains of the rheda.
From The Lion's Brood by Duffield Osborne
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