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This astonishing mode of conveyance was known as a "cacolet," and replaced the "voitures" and "fiacres" of other resorts.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

One of the section's voitures, a F.I.A.T., was standing ready.

From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)

Secondly, the voitures mixtes, which may at will be hired from a livery-stable or stand or ply upon the public highway; these bear a red number.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 by Various

One is surprised to find that Dodd would pay four daily visits to "les voitures et chevaux publics"—"the public carriages and horses."

From The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. by Saint-George, Henry