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phaeton

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as in barouche

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Recent Examples of phaeton Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024 An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022 Still, the industry used carriage types to describe its models, like phaeton (a light, open carriage), shooting brake (a carriage meant for gamekeepers and sportsmen) and cabriolet (a light carriage with a foldable hood drawn by one horse). — James Schembari, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2017

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Noun

If Austen had ever conceived one of her novels as a Regency Bachelorette, with the suitors driving up in barouches, the unmarried heroine would have ordered them all to turn around and go home.

— Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
Guests arriving by train were met and returned to the station by an open barouche, a six-horse tallyho that brought them to the three-story-high wooden structure with a roof of gray-red-peach bottom slate, that was modeled after Swiss Alpine hotels.

— Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023

Definition of barouche

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It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.

— Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdown, joined Charles and Camilla in their landau, while her daughter Lady Sarah Chatto traveled in the third carriage with her husband, Daniel.

— Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023

Definition of landau

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In fact, this unassuming little coupe was the one car that sparked the global roadster boom of the early 1990s, when the MX-5’s huge popularity convinced European carmakers to create the Boxster, SLK, TT, Z3, MGF and Barchetta.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
The coupe, which was based on the Cobra roadster, was designed and engineered specifically to help Ford beat the Ferrari 250 GTO, the reigning GT car of the time.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 July 2026

Definition of roadster

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The living room has a wall of north-facing windows and more than enough space for a dining table and a chaise sectional.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 27 July 2026
The dog days of summer are upon us, and maxing out your staycation starts with this outdoor chaise lounger.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2026

Definition of chaise

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The 718 Boxster is a brilliantly handling cabriolet with an assortment of power plants to choose from, a modern interior, numerous tech amenities, comfortable dimensions, and driver aids.

— Peter Nelson, Robb Report, 27 May 2026
The 1934 Packard LeBaron all-weather cabriolet was designed to be driven by a chauffeur.

— Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025

Definition of cabriolet

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In Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage — and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance.

— New York Times, New York Times, 17 May 2022
The three musicians have grown from talented tweens to svelte, beyond-hansom thirty somethings.

— Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2017

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