Meaning & use
Barouche
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A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a folding top, facing seats, and a raised driver's box in front.
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The couple arrived at the estate in a handsome barouche drawn by two white horses.
Nineteenth-century novels often mention ladies taking the air in an open barouche.
A note on using this word
Barouche comes from the Italian 'baroccio,' itself from Latin 'birotus,' meaning two-wheeled, even though the carriage it describes actually has four wheels.
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