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rheda

[ ree-duh ]

/ ˈri də /

noun, plural rhe·das, rhe·dae [ree-dee, -dahy] /ˈri di, -daɪ/.

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

Words nearby rheda

rhdnase, rhe, rhea, rhea silvia, rhebok, rheda, rhee, rhegma, rhegmatogenous, rheims, rheims-douay bible

Origin of rheda

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

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Examples from the Web for rheda

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

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