curricle

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Recent Examples of curricle Such vehicles were nothing new: Chariots came from the Romans, the curricle chair applied to royalty, and the French post chaise became the one-horse shay. Brenda Yenke, cleveland.com, 7 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curricle
Noun
  • Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022
Noun
  • Now evidence of trip is found One of the artifacts was a terret ring, which would have been used on Celtic chariots to help guide the horse reins, the organization said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The small asteroid, which is more than 3 miles in diameter, approaches so close to the sun that it was named for the son of the sun-god Helios, who in Greek mythology lost control of his father's chariot and set the Earth ablaze.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Noun
  • There’s also the option to add upgrades like a movable chaise, an ottoman, bolster pillows, and/or a sleep kit.
    Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Made from weather-resistant materials, this chaise will last forever.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Two decades later, the U.S. government gave the Southern Pacific Railway a right-of-way to build its railroad straight through the Coachella Valley and Cahuilla territory, piggybacking off early stagecoach routes.
    Michael Albertus, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Aging mansions, castles, stagecoaches, distraught women in nightgowns, and a madman in an asylum are all present and accounted for.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Using a lockable slide-out control panel on the side of the trailer, the owner drops the hydraulic legs to decouple the trailer from the tractor cab and lift the trailer wheels into the air.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The cab of the truck looked like the 1940 Ford Coupe, which was designed by Eugene Gregorie, a very stylish car and considered by many as the best-looking car of that era.
    David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The roadster was designed specifically for export to North America by Scaglietti.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The power train allows the 3,170-pound (curb weight) roadster to punch from zero to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds and crest 206 mph.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdown, joined Charles and Camilla in their landau, while her daughter Lady Sarah Chatto traveled in the third carriage with her husband, Daniel.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023

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“Curricle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curricle. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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