phaeton

Etymology

Borrowed from French phaéton.

noun

  1. (vehicles) a light four-wheeled open carriage drawn by four horses
    ...I saw the girls of Nob Hill on their way to school, kicking pebbles at each other and laughing; I saw young ladies coming home past curfew in their beaus' phaetons... 2004, Andrew Sean Greer, The Confessions of Max Tivoli, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 43
  2. (automotive) a large open touring motorcar with a folding top

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