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

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

Break, Brake, brāk, n. a large wagonette: a carriage frame, all wheels and no body, used in breaking in horses.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

I gave directions that the messenger and his men should be fed, and then had Sibijaan inspan the six mules and prepare the wagonette for the trip.

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

Then, chiefly for our personal convenience, I had pressed the wagonette into service, and this was drawn by six mules.

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

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