Meaning & use
landau
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A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a top that can be folded down in two sections, or a car body style imitating this design.
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The wedding party arrived in an antique landau pulled by two white horses.
Older luxury cars sometimes featured a "landau roof" with a fake folding-top design.
A note on using this word
Named after the German city of Landau, where the carriage style is said to have originated; now mostly seen in historical or automotive contexts.
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carriage
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