post cariole

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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originally, a light open sleigh used in French Canada, drawn by one or two horses (sometimes by dogs), and having a seat for the driver.

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

Quotations

1820

I hired a post cariole, or small sleigh drawn by one horse, to take me hence to Quebec.