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单词 whirlicote
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whirlicoten.

Forms: Middle English whirlecole, whirlecote, wherlecote, 1500s wherlicote, whirlicote, 1700s–1800s whirlicot.
Etymology: Form doubtful; apparently originally whirlecole , < whirl v. + an unidentified element; recorded by Stow in the form whirlicote, whence in later use.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwhirlicote.
Obsolete exc. Historical.
A coach, carriage.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun]
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c1381 Anominalle Cron. (Stowe 1047) lf. 68 b Le roy mesmes vient al mile ende et ouecque luy sa meir en vn whirlecole.
c1450 Brut ii. 386 Þe Lorde Powys meyne brouȝt hym out of Walis to London yn a whirlecole [sic MSS. Camb. and Reg.; MS. B. Mus. Add. whirlecote; ed. Caxton (1480) wherlecote].
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 65 Of old time coatches were not knowne in this Island, but chariots, or Whirlicotes..: I reade that Rychard the second being threatened by the rebelles of Kent, rode from the Tower of London to the Myles end, and with him his mother in a Wherlicote.a1800 S. Pegge Curialia Misc. (1818) 270. 1860 Our Eng. Home 75 The wheels of my lady's whirlicot or the franklin's plough were repaired in the kitchen.1888 E. A. Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) II. x. 385 I can't do much walking, but I go about in a whirli~cot. Is not that the oldest name for a coach or landau?
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