rheda

[ ree-duh ]

/ ˈri də /

(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.

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<Latin raeda, r(h)ēda<Gaulish; cf. palfrey

Glancing cautiously up and down the street, Calavius approached the rheda.
The Lion's Brood|Duffield Osborne
Allusion is here made to the rheda (the travelling-coach) or the carruca (a comfortable, nay, magnificent equipage).
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2|Ernst Eckstein
A distance of one hundred miles was no extraordinary day's journey for him in a rheda, such as we have described it.
The Caesars|Thomas de Quincey
A harsh cry of command or warning rang out ahead, and the rheda stopped short with a jolt.
The Lion's Brood|Duffield Osborne

With keen eyes that shifted nervously, he hurried down toward the rheda.
The Lion's Brood|Duffield Osborne