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Pilentum Hist.|pɪˈlɛntəm|
Also pilentum.
[f. L. pilentum an easy chariot used by ladies or for carrying the vessels, etc., for sacred rites.]
A type of carriage (see quot. 1961).
1837W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages xvii. 278 The next attempt in the ‘service of the public’, was the introduction of a vehicle with the..title of a Four⁓wheeled Cabriolet. This is a modification of..a Pilentum. 1843Ainsworth's Mag. IV. 100 If I could have built a mother for myself, as one does a Brougham or pilentum. 1849E. Ruskin Let. 30 Sept. in M. Lutyens Effie in Venice (1965) i. 41 We concluded by fixing to take two [carriages], one for John..and an elegant Pilentum for Charlotte and me. It is an open carriage but shuts very easily... It is rather heavy..and will require three horses. 1961M. Watney Elegant Carriage 60 The Pilentum..was an open carriage with the doorway very near the ground, the driving seat was also low, but it was built in different sizes to carry four or six people, and to be drawn by one or two horses. In appearance, the Pilentum was not unlike a Victoria, although it had doors at the sides. 1974F. Selwyn Cracksman on Velvet ii. 76 On its indiarubber bearings..the swan's neck Pilentum seemed to roll in air above the glittering spokes of its wheels. |