Definition of barouche in English:
barouche
noun bəˈruːʃbəˈruʃ
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a collapsible hood over the rear half, a seat in front for the driver, and seats facing each other for the passengers.
- The barouches, which were used by the Queen Mother, will travel north tomorrow for Royal Ascot, which this year is being held at York races.
- It began to rain, I had my carriage sent home so that I could accompany her in her barouche, and now, I've no means of returning to Cedar Grove.
- So they can put you in a pony and trap, a barouche or, if you've a got a first class ticket, a sedan chair carried by a team of Iranian asylum seekers.
- Brought up in the era of the barouche and accustomed to the train, Proust was amazed by the motorcar.
- Your cousin, it seems, has disappeared with the barouche, and I fear only God knows when - or even if - he'll return.
Origin
Early 19th century: from German dialect Barutsche, from Italian baroccio, based on Latin birotus 'two-wheeled', from bi- 'having two' + rota 'wheel'.
Rhymes
cartouche, douche, farouche, louche, ruche, sloosh, swoosh, tarboosh
Definition of barouche in US English:
barouche
nounbəˈruʃbəˈro͞oSH
historical A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a collapsible hood over the rear half, a seat in front for the driver, and seats facing each other for the passengers, used especially in the 19th century.
- It began to rain, I had my carriage sent home so that I could accompany her in her barouche, and now, I've no means of returning to Cedar Grove.
- Your cousin, it seems, has disappeared with the barouche, and I fear only God knows when - or even if - he'll return.
- So they can put you in a pony and trap, a barouche or, if you've a got a first class ticket, a sedan chair carried by a team of Iranian asylum seekers.
- The barouches, which were used by the Queen Mother, will travel north tomorrow for Royal Ascot, which this year is being held at York races.
- Brought up in the era of the barouche and accustomed to the train, Proust was amazed by the motorcar.
Origin
Early 19th century: from German dialect Barutsche, from Italian baroccio, based on Latin birotus ‘two-wheeled’, from bi- ‘having two’ + rota ‘wheel’.