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

Example Sentences

"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

We arranged our food supply, took the old family rockaway, and set out early in the morning, as happy a pair of boys as ever started on a project of pleasure.

From Money Island by Howell, Andrew Jackson

Many business men would go to the city driving a rockaway with a single horse.

From Fifth Avenue by Maurice, Arthur Bartlett

Knowing this I took an anxious, economical view of the old rockaway heaving forward in the road ahead and vainly implored William to slacken his speed to a moral, ministerial gait.

From A Circuit Rider's Wife by Harris, Corra

In fact, I almost lived in my rockaway for the time.

From The Piazza Tales by Melville, Herman