In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
barouches
plural of barouche
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
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.