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[F. voiture:—L. vectūra, f. vect-, ppl. stem of vehĕre to convey. Cf. vettura.]
A carriage or conveyance; a vehicle.
1698W. King tr. Sorbière's Journ. Lond. 6, I drew these Surprising Conclusions. First that a Hackney is a miserable Voiture [etc.]. 1698M. Lister Journ. Paris (1699) 13 Hackneys and Chairs, which here are the most nasty and miserable Voiture that can be. 1716Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess of Mar 3 Aug., I..went in the longboat to Helvoetsluys, where we had voitures to carry us to the Brill. 1750H. Walpole in Phil. Trans. XLVII. 46 Having caused an easy voiture to be made, I undertook the journey in it. 1779Warner in Jesse Selwyn & Contemp. (1844) IV. 32 But it rained hard, and I could get no voiture till I was forced to go to my engagement with Lady Lambert. 1814Sporting Mag. XLIV. 60 To say a few words, in the way of compliment, to the driver of another voiture. 1840Arnold in Life & Corr. (1844) II. App. C. 418 We are again in voiture, going along the edge of the sea in the port of Naples.
b. transf. and fig.
1718Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to Abbé Conti 31 July, I hired an ass (the only voiture to be had there). 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 347 This was the voiture with which they conveyed themselves quite down to the sea, and one of these boats it was that we spied..coming to us in the bay. 1746Chesterfield Lett. 9 Oct. (1774) I. 197 In this journey, the understanding is the voiture that must carry you through. |