Wagonette
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wagonette is a noun meaning A kind of four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, normally uncovered.
Meaning
A kind of four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, normally uncovered.
Example Sentences
On glowing summer afternoons wagonettes came full of Americans and cultured suburbans to see the sepulchre
He was a peasant worker from Tienchen County, and had been working on the dam, carrying earth and stone or pushing wagonettes here for half a year.
The cabs here are mostly covered waggonettes, with one horse. They hold four people; the sides have coloured glass, and behind the driver there is a window which is drawn aside when you communicate with him.
The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
Word Forms
- wagonettes
- waggonette
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include waggonette, wagon, waggon, chug-wagon, wain, chugwagon.
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