BAROUCHE

barouche

(noun) a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

barouche (plural barouches)

(vehicles) A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.

Source: Wiktionary


Ba*rouche", n. Etym: [G. barutsche, It. baroccio, biroccio, LL. barrotium, fr. L. birotus two-wheeled; bi=bis twice + rota wheel.]

Definition: A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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