Curricle
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A light two-wheeled carriage large enough for the driver and a passenger and drawn by a carefully-matched pair.
"In travelling or tourizing "in whiskey, buggey, gig, dog-cart, curricle, or tandem;" or, it may be, in your new drag, "never, by way of a lark, attempt to spoil the picturesque appearance of the covey, feeding within gun-shot of the road side, by raking them; […]"
- 2 Obsolete form of coracle. alt-of, obsolete
"So the Curricles in Wales: sc. the old British boates made of Osiers, like a basket, and covered wʰ leather."
Example
More examples"In travelling or tourizing "in whiskey, buggey, gig, dog-cart, curricle, or tandem;" or, it may be, in your new drag, "never, by way of a lark, attempt to spoil the picturesque appearance of the covey, feeding within gun-shot of the road side, by raking them; […]"
Etymology
From Latin curriculum (“racing chariot”). Doublet of curriculum.
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