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barouche

[ buh-roosh ]

noun

  1. a four-wheeled carriage with a high front seat outside for the driver, facing seats inside for two couples, and a calash top over the back seat.


barouche

/ ²úəˈ°ù³ÜËʃ /

noun

  1. a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of barouche1

1795–1805; < dialectal German Barutsche < Italian baroccio < Vulgar Latin *birotium, equivalent to Late Latin birot ( us ) two-wheeled ( bi- 1, rota 1 ) + -ium -ium
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of barouche1

C19: from German (dialect) Barutsche , from Italian baroccio , from Vulgar Latin birotium (unattested) vehicle with two wheels, from Late Latin birotus two-wheeled, from bi- 1+ rota wheel
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The black barouche has a collapsible leather hood and fabric-covered padded seats.

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The sidewalks and avenues had to be broad enough to accommodate cafe tables and the two-horse barouches of the industrialists and socialites moving into those apartment buildings.

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Etiquette decrees that we call it Frownton Abbey before apologising profusely and leaving in the nearest barouche.

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They used to drive round in a barouche and administer gruel to the village without anesthetics.â€

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Nor were the drives on fine mornings in the royal barouche much of a diversion.

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