DCHP-3

covered carriole

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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— Obs.

an expensive and superior type of horse-drawn sleigh.

See: cariole ((n.))(def. 1b)

Quotations

1769
Our covered carrioles too have not only canvas windows (we dare not have glass, because we often overturn), but cloth curtains to draw all round us. . . .
1791
General Clarke's covered carriole, a small chaise on runners instead of wheels, was ready to carry me to the inn in Upper Town.