curricle
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
Definition of curricle
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A light two-wheeled carriage large enough for the driver and a passenger and drawn by a carefully-matched pair.
“In travelling or tourizing "in whiskey, buggey, gig, dog-cart, curricle, or tandem;" or, it may be, in your new drag, "never, by way of a lark, attempt to spoil the picturesque appearance of the covey, feeding within gun-shot of the road side, by raking them; […]”
“Not since the year 17--, when milord Castlebrilliant's curricle was whirled to sea with her ladyship within, had there been such vehement weather.”
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noun
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A light two-wheeled carriage large enough for the driver and a passenger and drawn by a carefully-matched pair.
“In travelling or tourizing "in whiskey, buggey, gig, dog-cart, curricle, or tandem;" or, it may be, in your new drag, "never, by way of a lark, attempt to spoil the picturesque appearance of the covey, feeding within gun-shot of the road side, by raking them; […]”
“Not since the year 17--, when milord Castlebrilliant's curricle was whirled to sea with her ladyship within, had there been such vehement weather.”
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(alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of coracle.
“So the Curricles in Wales: sc. the old British boates made of Osiers, like a basket, and covered wʰ leather.”
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Etymology
From Latin curriculum (“racing chariot”). Doublet of curriculum.
Words you can make from curricle
58 playable · top: CIRCLER (11 pts)
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