rockaway

American  

[rok-uh-wey] / ˈrɒk əˌweɪ /

noun

1. a light, four-wheeled carriage having two or three seats and a fixed top.

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rockaway British  

/ ˈrɒkəˌweɪ /

noun

1. a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, usually with two seats and a hard top

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Etymology

Origin of rockaway

1835–45, apparently named after Rockaway, town in N New Jersey

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rockaway

"I must get some things for the boss, then we'll start home," announced Mr. Grundy, after we were seated side by side in the rockaway.

From The Love Story of Abner Stone by Litsey, Edwin Carlile

The mare crashed into the rockaway on one side and the bay shattered the swingletree on the other with the forewheel of our buggy.

From A Circuit Rider's Wife by Harris, Corra

So before the hour for the second service came, they stole quietly away, their rockaway wheels cutting the trail left by the erring young people who had gone before them.

From Clover and Blue Grass by Hall, Eliza Calvert

Then I went back to the rockaway, but met Mrs. Sparrowgrass and the children on the road coming to meet me.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

So, well wrapped in carriage blankets and buffalo robes, they set out in a light covered rockaway, with a stout horse, their baggage packed in behind them.

From A Round Dozen by Coolidge, Susan