单词 | rhedarium |
释义 | rhedariumn. Now historical and rare. A place for the sale, storage, or manufacture of horse-drawn carriages.Chiefly as the name of a London coach-making firm, founded c1784 by Murdoch Mackenzie, and the site it occupied. ΚΠ 1784 London Mag. Dec. 477/1 At half past two, he ascended from the Rhedarium, in Park-lane, amidst the acclamations of a numerous assembly. 1786 J. G. Semple Northern Hero 27 Mr. McKenzie..sent his men and horses and brought the carriage back to the Rhedarium. 1805 Morning Chron. 10 Oct. By Auction, by Mr. W. Thornton, at his Repository and Rhedarium, Oxford-street..will be sold upwards of 30 Lots of modern-built Second-hand Carriages. 1816 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 231/2 The proprietor, unless otherwise restricted, might convert his Chapel into a potatoe-warehouse, or a riding-school, or a Rhedarium. 1919 Amer. Med. July 490/2 He had previously ascended with the same aeronaut from the Rhedarium, near Grosvenor-square. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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