cariole

American  

[kar-ee-ohl] / ˈkær iˌoʊl /

Or carriole

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.

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cariole British  

/ ˈkærɪˌəʊl /

noun

1. a small open two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle

2. a covered cart

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Etymology

Origin of cariole

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

Example Sentences

“Look here! my friend,” said I, “if you’ll get me a horse and cariole in half an hour, I’ll give you two marks extra—forstöe?”

From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)

The "going" was atrocious, and the appearance at the side door of the clay-clogged cariole, buggy, cal�che and farm-cart, bore witness to this fact.

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)

One of these enthusiastic gentlemen was seated in a cariole, and traveled for some distance in front of me.

From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)

I stopped my cariole within a few paces and asked him “what luck?”

From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)

This, however, did not suit the coxswain’s purposes, and as he and Ole had occupied the same cariole, there was no want of concert in their words and actions.

From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Optic, Oliver