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

V Here was the white-faced youth, our Egbert Hunt, who had grimaced at him from the box of the wagonette.

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

Knowing we would have to swim for it, we white men had put our clothes in the wagonette.

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

They helped Rosa into the wagonette and then climbed in after her.

From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Grace Brooks Hill

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 A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson