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ˈwhirlicote Obs. exc. Hist.
Forms: 5 whirlecole, whirlecote, wherlecote, 6 wherli-, whirlicote, 8–9 whirlicot.
[Form doubtful; app. orig. whirlecole, f. whirl v. + an unidentified element; recorded by Stow in the form whirlicote, whence in later use.]
A coach, carriage.
c1381Anominalle Cron. (MS. Stowe 1047) lf. 68 b, Le roy mesmes vient al mile ende et ouecque luy sa meir en vn whirlecole. c1450Brut ii. 386 Þe Lorde Powys meyne brouȝt hym out of Walis to London yn a whirlecole [sic MSS. Camb. and Reg.; MS. B. Mus. Add. whirlecote; ed. Caxton (1480) wherlecote].
1598Stow Surv. 65 Of old time coatches were not knowne in this Island, but chariots, or Whirlicotes..: I reade that Rychard the second being threatened by the rebelles of Kent, rode from the Tower of London to the Myles end, and with him his mother in a Wherlicote. a1800Pegge Curialia Misc. (1818) 270. 1860 Our Engl. Home 75 The wheels of my lady's whirlicot or the franklin's plough were repaired in the kitchen. 1888Freeman in Stephens Life & Lett. (1895) II. x. 385, I can't do much walking, but I go about in a whirli⁓cot. Is not that the oldest name for a coach or landau? |