Wordnik.com: The Barouche List: Need a Ride?: Comments

Comment by bilby, 2 months ago

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:56:27 +0000

Comment by chained_bear, 7 months ago

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:56:05 +0000

Nah, it's fine. Better to keep them together than have one orphaned.

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:40:16 +0000

C_b, I added [calèche] (with accent) even though caleche (without accent) is already listed. Feel free to ditch it if you don't want duplicates. :-)

Comment by sionnach, about 1 year ago

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:31:41 +0000

I just love the name Wookie Hole.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:28:17 +0000

I love that sign! I must have one.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:18:28 +0000

Thanks, I added them all, plus bilby's jinker (which sounds like a personal problem). I worry about dog-cart being thought to be a cart pulled by dogs. Because such things did exist--I am reminded of the ammunition cards pulled by Bouviers des Flandres during World War I, but I know there were others....

Comment by sionnach, about 1 year ago

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:04:24 +0000

In the chapter on carriages in his book "Gallimaufry", Michael Quinion mentions:

the dog-cart, a two-wheeler with open seats placed back to back across the body of the vehicle, given that name because at one time it incorporated a box under the seat for sportsmens' dogs,

the wagonette, a larger four-wheeled cart with a seat or bench at each side facing inwards,

the governess-cart, a light two-wheeled vehicle with seats face to face at the sides, and

the charabanc (from French char-à-banc, literally "carriage with benches"), a long open vehicle with transverse seats looking forward.

Wookie Hole charabanc sign

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:02:57 +0000

None other than the finest equine artists at your service, maam. Jinker.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:03:28 +0000

These are all horse-drawn vehicles, correct? Thanks, bilby!

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:48:47 +0000

There's also the Indonesian delman and its cognate in Javanese, andong. Scroll down a bit on this page for pic and description.

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:34:23 +0000

Troika.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:17:08 +0000

Saaaayyy...I like it!