What are carriages called?

What are carriages called?

Chaise. A pleasure or travelling carriage, usually open, low, four wheeled and drawn by one or two ponies. Char-a-banc. A country vehicle that carried more passengers than a wagonette, always driven by four horses.

What does carriage mean?

Definition of carriage 1a : a wheeled vehicle especially : a horse-drawn vehicle designed for private use and comfort. b British : a railway passenger coach. 2 : a wheeled support carrying a burden. 3a : manner of bearing the body : posture that slender unrigid erectness and the fine carriage of head— Willa Cather.

What is a horse-drawn vehicle called?

A carriage is a private four-wheeled vehicle for people and is most commonly horse-drawn. Second-hand private carriages were common public transport, the equivalent of modern cars used as taxis.

What are the old carriages called?

buggy, also called road wagon, light, hooded (with a folding, or falling, top), two- or four-wheeled carriage of the 19th and early 20th centuries, usually pulled by one horse. In England, where the term seems to have originated late in the 18th century, the buggy held only one person and commonly had two wheels.

What is a 4 wheeled carriage called?

Buggy: a light, open, four-wheeled carriage, often driven by its owner. Cab: a shortening of cabriolet.

Is a carriage a car?

carriage, four-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle, the final refinement of the horse-drawn passenger conveyance. Wagons were also used for this purpose, as were chariots.