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barouche

barouche

1 9.9
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a folding top, seats for four people facing each other, and a driver's seat outside
  • noun
  • /bəˈruːʃ/
  • Archaic
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  • The glossy black barouche glided smoothly along the cobblestone street, attracting admiring glances from passersby.
  • barouche-landau
  • a black barouche

Examples

  • Even a barrister would do. if I drove a barouche.

    Sense and Sensibility (1995)

  • As they rode in the elegant barouche, the couple enjoyed the beautiful view of the countryside.

  • Mr Johnson, might there be room in the barouche?

    Peterloo (2018)

  • What I'd rather do, Daddy, is drive Junior home in our barouche.

    McLintock! (1963)

  • "It's a new barouche-landau, and very comfortable.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • He has his own barouche.

    Sense and Sensibility (1995)

  • - Get the barouche.

    McLintock! (1963)

  • You should be a university professor somewhere, teaching English literature and explaining to students what a bailiwick and a barouche landau are.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • In the early afternoon of May 9, a handsome barouche with a black coachman in the driver's seat pulled up to the front gate of Camp Jackson.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The driver expertly maneuvered the barouche around the corner, making sure the passengers were comfortable inside.

Surface Forms

barouche singular
barouches plural

Etymology

Barouche comes from the Italian baroccio, which in turn comes from Hungarian barucza, a word for a large 'cart' or 'carriage'. A helpful image is an old, elegant cart for people, which is why a barouche today is a stylish, four-wheeled, horse-drawn 'carriage'.