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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  • Now, what still more interested him was the fact that, on the panel of the barouche were the arms of the family now in possession of the estate of Smithell's; so that the young lady, his new acquaintance, or the young lady, her seeming friend, one or the other, was the sister of the present owner of that estate. —  Sketches and Studies
  • But before they could retrace their steps to the barouche, they were hailed from the nearby carriageway. —  A Lady of Expectations
  • Then the barouche was before them and it was all she could do to behave normally, agreeing to ride the next morning in the Park, then acknowledging the farewells, smiling as he bowed over her hand, as if there were no black cloud lowering on her horizon, about to deprive her of the warmth of his gaze. —  A Lady of Expectations
  • In Chestnut-street wreathes were cast into the barouche, as it passed, and many of them were from the fairbands of Quakeresses. —  Memoirs of General Lafayette
  • She turned toward the barouche, and the viscount relaxed his grasp of her arm and smiled rather foolishly at the few people who were still looking curiously their way. —  Mary Balogh - Lady with a Black Umbrella.htm
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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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