barouche

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   historical: a large four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two facing passenger seats, a folding hood over the rear seat, and a raised driver's seat in front

   The family crossed the park in an open barouche drawn by two horses.

Borrowed in the early nineteenth century from German Barutsche, from Italian baroccio or biroccio, ultimately from Late Latin birotus, 'two-wheeled,' formed from Latin bi-, 'two,' and rota, 'wheel.' The English spelling was reshaped as though the word were French, although the familiar barouche had four wheels.

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