curricle

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12
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16
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8

Definition of curricle

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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.”
  2. (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.

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