wagonette

American  

[wag-uh-net] / ˌwæg əˈnɛt /

noun

1. a light, four-wheeled carriage, with or without a top, having a crosswise seat in front and two lengthwise seats facing each other at the back.

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wagonette British  

/ ˌwæɡəˈnɛt /

noun

1. a light four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle with two lengthwise seats facing each other behind a crosswise driver's seat

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Etymology

Origin of wagonette

First recorded in 1855–60; wagon + -ette

Example Sentences

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wagonette

With hat turned far down in front he drives to sporting events in a strange motor wagonette, scrambles onto its roof for a good view.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was the happiest party that occupied the wagonette on that drive to and from Mr. Hannaford's farm at Market Roding.

From The Happy Warrior by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)

And when they turned, they saw that a wagonette was being driven hotly towards them.

From A Second Coming by Marsh, Richard

A man who came from the west, driving towards the town in a light wagonette, met no one of whom he could ask the way.

From Judith Trachtenberg A Novel by Franzos, Karl Emil

We were dead tired when we reached the wagonette and faced the stiff climb to the top of a little mountain.

From Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer by O'Neil, Owen Rowe