Carriages and Chariots

CARRIAGES AND CHARIOTS

Each of the vehicles listed here is wheeled and non-motorized - a carriage, chariot, cart, buggy or similar thing. In general, this means that they will be horse-drawn (or donkey-drawn, or ... well, you get the picture). A number of these terms are foreign.

BROUGHAM — one-horse closed carriage

CABRIOLET — two-wheeled carriage

CHAISE — light open carriage for one or two people

CHARABANC — open tourist coach with benches

COUPE — four-wheeled closed horse-drawn carriage

DOGCART — light two-wheeled carriage with seats back-to-back

DROSKHY — low four-wheeled open carriage

EKKA — small one-horse carriage

GHARRY — box-like Middle Eastern horse-drawn cab

GIG — light two-wheeled one-horse carriage

HACKNEY — four-wheeled two-horse carriage

HANSOM — light two-wheeled cab

LANDAU — horse-drawn car :age with folding top

PHAETON — open four-wheeled carriage

SULKY — light two-wheeled, one-person horse-drawn carriage

TANDEM — two-seated carriage with horses harnessed in series

TONGA — light two-wheeled carriage

TRAP — light one-horse carriage with springs

TROIKA — carriage drawn- by three horses

TUM-TUM — doc-cart

VICTORIA — light open two-seated four-wheeled carriage

WAGONETTE — carriage with one crosswise seat in front, two seats in back