barouche

Meaning

Noun

• A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.

Origin

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