Fiacre
/fɪˈɑːkɹə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small horse-drawn carriage for hire; a hackney carriage. historical
"On the road to Choissi, a fiacre, or hackney-coach, stopped, and out came five or six men, armed with musquets, who took post, each behind a separate tree."
Synonyms
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More examples"On the road to Choissi, a fiacre, or hackney-coach, stopped, and out came five or six men, armed with musquets, who took post, each behind a separate tree."
Etymology
Borrowed from French fiacre. From Hôtel de Saint Fiacre, a tavern in Paris operating a horse-carriage service from the 1640s, itself named after the Irish Saint Fiacre (c. 600–670 CE), perhaps from Irish fiach (“raven”).