cariole

or car·ri·ole

[ kar-ee-ohl ]

noun

1. a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
2. a covered cart.
3. a light, open sleigh pulled by horses or dogs, especially one used in French Canada.

cariole

/ ˈkærɪˌəʊl /

noun

1. a small open two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle
2. a covered cart

Word History and Origins

Origin of cariole¹

1760–70; < French carriole < Old Provençal carriola, equivalent to carri carriage (< Late Latin carrium, for Latin carrus; car ¹ ) + -ola -ole ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of cariole¹

C19: from French carriole, ultimately from Latin carrus; see car

Example Sentences

The people of the Skyds-station fulfilled their promise to Solli, and put Katharine in their best cariole.

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Carriage and cariole drew up at the same moment, and Katharine saw face to face the man whom she loved.

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When John arrived there, seeing the shop as he drove past, he descended from his cariole and entered.

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So rapidly regaining his cariole, he vanished before any of the crowd had made up their minds what to do.

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Dressed in these, and tucked in among the robes in the cariole by their careful driver, they sped along the trails.

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