carriole
/ˈkarɪəʊl
/(also cariole)
noun
1 historical A small open horse-drawn carriage for one person.As dusk drew near there was a general handshaking, and the carrioles scurried off along the highway....
- On arriving at the station we secured rooms and our two carrioles were put into the coach-house.
- When the clashes broke out my brother insisted on returning the cariole to its owner.
1.1A light covered cart.
2(In Canada) a kind of sledge pulled by a horse or dogs.The road passes through beautiful, wild scenery and twice crosses the glacier and on busy days, up to 40 sturdy little Fjord horses pulling traditional cariole carts carry visitors....
- Kane made a sketch of this 1848 dog train that shows both sledges and carioles.
- Our visitor had travelled in a dog cariole.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from French, from Italian carriuola, diminutive of carro, from Latin carrum (see car).
Rhymes
- polymelous
- polymely
- polymenorrhea
- polymenorrhoea
- polymenorrhoeal
- polymenorrhoeic
- polymer
- polymerase
- polymerase chain reaction
- polymer chemist
- polymer chemistry
- polymeria
- polymeric
- polymeride
- polymerisate
- polymerise
- polymerism
- polymerizability
- polymerizable
- polymerizate
- polymerization
- polymerize
- polymerizer
- polymerous
- polymery