| 单词 | landau carriage |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslandau carriage A four-wheeled carriage, the top of which, being made in two parts, may be closed or thrown open, When open, the rear part is folded back, and the front part entirely removed. Also landau carriage. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > for private driving > specific types landau1743 landaulet1771 Tib1793 barouche1801 German wagon1805 barouchet1807 brougham1851 Sefton1885 shelburne1889 1743 in J. Strang Glasgow (1856) 17 The coach or lando to contain six passengers. 1748 St. James's Evening Post No. 5982 Three Landaus with six Horses each..waited his coming. 1753 W. Shenstone Wks. & Lett. III. 218 There were near 200 people gathered round Lady Luxborough's landeau at Birmingham. 1786 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XI. 322 The Pope was in an open landau. 1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 39 Landau or landaulet bodies. These kinds of bodies differ nothing in shape from those last mentioned. The landau is the coach, the landaulet the chariot form. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 306/1 The landau..combines more than the advantages of three distinct vehicles—a close carriage, a barouche or half-headed carriage, and one entirely open. < as lemmas |
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