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

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

She scrambled out of the wagonette at the door with a face from which the eagerness of hope had gone, to be replaced by a burning, baleful rage.

From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie

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 O'Neil, Owen Rowe

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)