In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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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