barouche

noun

ba·​rouche bə-ˈrüsh 

: a four-wheeled carriage with a driver's seat high in front, two double seats inside facing each other, and a folding top over the back seat

Examples of barouche in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Guests arriving by train were met and returned to the station by an open barouche, a six-horse tallyho that brought them to the three-story-high wooden structure with a roof of gray-red-peach bottom slate, that was modeled after Swiss Alpine hotels. —Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023

Word History

Etymology

German Barutsche, from Italian biroccio, ultimately from Late Latin birotus two-wheeled, from Latin bi- + rota wheel — more at roll

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined above