| 单词 | carriage and pair |
| 释义 | > as lemmascarriage and pair a. carriage and pair: a carriage (sense 3b) drawn by a pair of horses.In the 19th cent. ownership of a carriage and pair was often viewed as emblematic of membership of a high social class; cf. Compounds 3c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > for private driving > with horses (and servants) equipage1711 carriage and pair1765 set-out1810 turn-out1817 1765 F. Gentleman Trip to Moon II. iv. 125 You will assist me with a Carriage and Pair, or, to secure all, a Carriage and Six. 1863 G. MacDonald David Elginbrod iii. xvi. 260 A carriage and pair pulled sharply up at the door. 1884 B. H. Becker Holiday Haunts ii. 22 There are here two doctors in great vogue, both clever and agreeable, and each endowed with a set of fervent followers, a handsome carriage and pair, and an extraordinary fund of activity. 1921 C. Kingston Remarkable Rogues v. 68 The money rolled in, and Madame Rachel..now sported a carriage and pair. 2005 Church Times 5 Aug. 13/1 When George and Mary Sumner drove away from their wedding in her father's best carriage and pair, the postillion wore white favours for the bride. < as lemmas |
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