barouche

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He himself, after packing her off with Narcissus, would remain and attend to the comfort of the guests, many of whom must bivouac at "The Dogs" for the night as best they could At midnight, or a little later, the barouche was announced.

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  1. noun A four-wheeled carriage with a collapsible top, two double seats inside opposite each other, and a box seat outside in front for the driver.

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  • He himself, after packing her off with Narcissus, would remain and attend to the comfort of the guests, many of whom must bivouac at "The Dogs" for the night as best they could At midnight, or a little later, the barouche was announced. —  The Westcotes
  • Sir John sends me word his barouche will be at the door in ten minutes, and I have to hurry on my travelling dress. —  Tales and Novels — Volume 05
  • Fastened up behind the barouche was a hamper of spacious dimensions--one of those hampers which always awakens in a contemplative mind associations connected with cold fowls, tongues, and bottles of wine--and on the box sat a fat and red-faced boy, in a state of somnolency, whom no speculative observer could have regarded for an instant without setting down as the official dispenser of the contents of the before-mentioned hamper, when the proper time for their consumption should arrive Mr. Pickwick had bestowed a hasty glance on these interesting objects, when he was again greeted by his faithful disciple Pickwick--Pickwick,' said Mr. Tupman; 'come up here. —  The Pickwick Papers
  • "Everyone else has left and the barouche is at the door and I could have died when I tried on my dress and found that I tripped over the hem whenever I moved and you have managed without me anyway and look even more lovely than I expected and Lord Francis is going to burst with pride when he sees you and And we had better not keep the horses waiting any longer," the earl said firmly. —  Mary Balogh - Counterfeit Bethrotal
  • I cannot say why, but I felt a presentiment, accompanied perhaps by a silent wish, that the occupant of the barouche was about to be a fellow-passenger. —  The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West
 

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  1. German Barutsche, from Italian biroccio, from Vulgar Latin *birotium, from Late Latin birotus, two-wheeled : Latin bi-, bi-; see dwo- in Indo-European roots + Latin rota, wheel; see ret- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Spelled as if F., but taken directly from German dial. barutsche, from Italian baroccio, biroccio (with termination assimilated to that of carroccio, a chariot) = Spanish barrocho, orig. a two-wheeled vehicle, from Late Latin birota, a cabriolet, orig. feminine of the adjective birotus, two-wheeled, from Latin bis, double, + rota, a wheel.
 

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