patache

Meaning

Noun

  • A dispatch-boat; a small vessel used to communicate between the vessels of a fleet.
  • A horse-drawn carriage with two wheels used in France.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Spanish patache, of uncertain origin. The carriage sense is after French.

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