| 单词 | irish car |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIrish car Irish car n. now rare and historical (chiefly in Ireland) a two-wheeled horse-drawn conveyance in which the passengers are seated on a pair of benches placed back to back. ΚΠ a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) xix. 153 The load of an Irish-car, drawn by one Garron. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland i. 186 Proof of the great excellency of the irish car. 1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 240 The common Irish Car..is used throughout the province of Leinster... The Irish ‘jaunting car’ [etc.] are wholly distinct and superior vehicles. 1908 L. Woolf Let. 25 Nov. (1990) 142 I got into an absurd Irish car..& drove straight off. 1962 J. G. Jenkins Agric. Transport Wales ii. 25 In many ways the so-called ‘Irish’ car (Car Gwyddelig) is a close relative of the truckle cart, and like the truckle it was mainly used in south Wales. < as lemmas |
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