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

It will pass Staten Island and some beaches, including Coney Island in Brooklyn, before connecting to an existing pipeline network near Rockaway Beach in Queens.

From Barron's

When a developer of the Rockaway Hotel in Queens, after spotting them on Instagram, ordered 27, Hill’s business, Hazel & Shirley, named after her grandmother and mother, was born.

From New York Times

There were no Republicans on the list given to Korn or her canvassing partner, Debbie Simons, an East Rockaway resident who works as a business systems analyst.

From Salon

We also got “Long Tall Texan,” a nod to the fact that we were in fact at a country festival, and, in something I did not have on my Stagecoach bingo card, a surprisingly delightful cover of the Ramones’ “Rockaway Beach.”

From Los Angeles Times

Officer Jonathan Diller, a three-year veteran of the New York Police Department, was killed after stopping a motorist in the Far Rockaway neighborhood just before 6 p.m. on Monday.

From New York Times