| 单词 | rockaway carriage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRockaway carriage (a) A light four-wheeled carriage with a long fixed top and open sides, typically seating two or three people; (b) a heavy four-wheeled carriage with an open front, a fixed back, and a door on each side. More fully Rockaway carriage, Rockaway wagon. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > four-wheeled open at sides rockaway1843 1843 Pennsylvania Inquirer & National Gaz. 21 Oct. 2/3 An elegant Rockaway Carriage. 1845 M. M. Noah Gleanings 174 I keep a little Rockaway wagon. 1846 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 121 Dr. Liddon Pennock has driven by me in his rockaway. 1863 ‘S. L. Jones’ Life in South I. v. 58 Those not possessing carriages and ‘rockaways’ availing themselves of waggons. 1884 Harper's Mag. June 86/2 With the aid of the family rockaway the..party were at the boat-house. 1944 T. D. Clark Pills, Petticoats & Plows 292 Everywhere carriage makers turned out fancy..‘cutunders’, ‘rockaways’,..and ‘heavy duties’. 1986 Horse Internat. May 39/1 The special feature of the rockaway was the driver's seat which was built into the body and had a roof projecting over it. < as lemmas |
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