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BAROUCHE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("barouche" is a kind of...):
carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)
Context examples:
Crab Wilson was enveloped in great coats, and borne away in the barouche, whilst Champion Harrison took Mr. Craven’s place in our curricle.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Henry, who is good-nature itself, has offered to fetch it in his barouche.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
We saw him stop for an instant by the yellow barouche, and hand something to Sir Lothian Hume.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“There is no hardship, I suppose, nothing unpleasant,” said Edmund, “in going on the barouche box.”
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
“Would you kindly give me the name of a friend? Mr. Corcoran, who is outside in my barouche, would act for me, and we might meet to-morrow morning.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“What!” cried Julia: “go boxed up three in a postchaise in this weather, when we may have seats in a barouche! No, my dear Edmund, that will not quite do.”
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The yellow barouche had swung into the avenue, and a few moments later the weary, panting horses had pulled up behind our curricle.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Miss Bertrams laughed at the idea, assuring her that the barouche would hold four perfectly well, independent of the box, on which one might go with him.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
“He has had the same summons as we, and is bound for the same destination,” said my uncle, glancing over his shoulder at the distant barouche.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Wednesday was fine, and soon after breakfast the barouche arrived, Mr. Crawford driving his sisters; and as everybody was ready, there was nothing to be done but for Mrs. Grant to alight and the others to take their places.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
