herdic

American  

[hur-dik] / ˈhɜr dɪk /

noun

1. a low-hung carriage with two or four wheels, having the entrance at the back and the seats at the sides.

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herdic British  

/ ˈhɜːdɪk /

noun

1. a small horse-drawn carriage with a rear entrance and side seats

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Etymology

Origin of herdic

1880–85, named after P. Herdic, 19th-century American, the inventor

Example Sentences

The sigh was only half hove when the herdic backed up to my destination, which was about 300 feet from where I got in, as the crow flies.

From Remarks by Nye, Bill

The silence is broken only by occasional noises from the street, the rattling of the wheels of a herdic over the pavement, the voices of newsboys, and an occasional strawberry-vender’s cry.

From The Dreamers A Club by Bangs, John Kendrick

They got into the herdic, and as it drove off he took out his watch and saw that she had been absent just three minutes.

From The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith

During the winters he was at the Winthrop, Mr. Whittier's favorite way of getting about was in a herdic.

From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane

And if you want to be comfortable in a herdic, sit sidewise and pretend that the seat is a horse.

From In the Riding-School; Chats with Esmeralda by Browne, Theo. Stephenson