Stanhope
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stanhope is a noun meaning A gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically with a high seat and closed back.
Meaning
A gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically with a high seat and closed back.
More Meanings
- A simple, one-piece microscope consisting of a cylinder of glass with each end curved outwards, one being more convex than the other
- An optical device, typically embedded in a bijou, utilising a modified Stanhope lens for viewing microphotographs embedded in the device; invented by René Dagron
Example Sentences
Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.
Word Forms
- stanhopes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phaeton, hansom, hogback, hood, herse, hurly-hacket.
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