Meaning & use
Berlin
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A type of four-wheeled closed carriage with a separate suspended body, developed in the 17th century and popular for long-distance travel.
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Wealthy travelers once crossed Europe in a comfortable berlin fitted with leather springs.
The museum displayed a restored 18th-century berlin once used by a diplomat.
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Not to be confused with the German capital city of the same name, from which the carriage design took its name after being developed there.
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