barouche

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top

Etymology

From dialectal German Barutsche, from Italian baroccio, from Late Latin *birotium, from Latin birotus (“chariot”), from bi- (“two”) + rota (“wheel”). The spelling was altered in English as if the word had come from French. Doublet of britchka.

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