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View synonyms for curricle

curricle

[ kur-i-kuhl ]

noun

  1. a light, two-wheeled, open carriage drawn by two horses abreast.


curricle

/ ˈkʌrɪkəl /

noun

  1. a two-wheeled open carriage drawn by two horses side by side
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of curricle1

1675–85; < Latin curriculum; curriculum
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Word History and Origins

Origin of curricle1

C18: from Latin curriculum from currus chariot, from currere to run
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Example Sentences

They had been walking about the place with some of their new friends, and were just returning to the inn to dress themselves for dining with the same family, when the sound of a carriage drew them to a window, and they saw a gentleman and a lady in a curricle driving up the street.

Without a moment's thought he sprang from his curricle, and rushed upon D'Epinay.

He heard with interest who had called to ask after the Squire, whose landau and outriders had turned on the narrow sweep, and whose curricle; what humbler visitors had left their respects at the stables or the backdoor, and what was Calamy's last scrap of dolefulness.

I'm taking out things that are wanted in a hurry and the curricle is waiting.

"You've been with me fifty years, and----" and then fortunately or unfortunately the curricle came round and the Squire, despising Fewtrell's hint, turned his wrath upon the groom, called him a lazy scoundrel, and cursed him up hill and down dale.

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