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transferred applied to a light carriage. Obsolete.
A term applied to various pleasure or travelling carriages, the exact application having varied from… A light open carriage for one or two…
A light vehicle drawn by one horse; a chaise; also a particular kind of light chaise (see quot. 1795). Also attributive.
A kind of covered vehicle. In the West Indies: a kind of one-horse chaise or buggy.
U.S. A light horse-drawn carriage. Now historical.