CURRICLE

Etymology

Noun

curricle (plural curricles)

A light two wheeled carriage large enough for the driver and a passenger and drawn by a carefully-matched pair.

Not since the year 17--, when milord Castlebrilliant's curricle was whirled to sea with her ladyship within, had there been such vehement weather.

Source: Wiktionary


Cur"ri*cle (kr"r-k'l), n. Etym: [L.curriculum a running, a race course, fr. currere to run. See Current, and cf. Curriculum.]

1. A small or short course. Upon a curricle in this world depends a long course of the next. Sir T. Browne.

2. A two-wheeled chaise drawn by two horses abreast.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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