nouna four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
Word origin
C19: from German (dialect)
Barutsche, from Italian
baroccio, from Vulgar Latin
birotium (unattested) vehicle with two wheels, from Late Latin
birotus two-wheeled, from
bi-1 +
rota wheel