单词 | clarence |
释义 | clarencen. A close four-wheeled carriage with seats for four inside; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > other covered carriages caravan?1672 Berlin1694 kittereen1792 coupé1834 clarence1843 station wagon1876 1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing iii, in Fraser's Mag. May 606/2 Woolsey..consented to take a place in the Clarence carriage. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing iii, in Fraser's Mag. May 605/1 I'll hire the small Clarence. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 350/2 When..clarences, the cabs that carry four, come in, they cooked the hackney-coachmen in no time. 1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 230 I have now set up a nice little Brougham, or Clarence. 1864 Social Sc. Rev. 403 Four-wheeled Clarence Cabs, seated for four passengers within and one in addition to the driver without, have long remained without any material alteration. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843 |
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