rheda

American  

[ree-duh] / ˈri də /

noun

plural

rhedas, rhedae

1. (in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.

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Etymology

Origin of rheda

< Latin raeda, r ( h ) ēda < Gaulish; cf. palfrey

Example Sentences

Apparet uter esset insidiator; uter nihil cogitaret mali: cum alter veheretur in rheda, penulatus, unà sederet uxor.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius

Authore Gratarolo Guilhelmo, philosopho et medico, De Regimine Iter Agentium, vel equitum, vel peditum, vel navi, vel curru rheda ... viatoribus et peregrinatoribus quibusque utilissimi libri duo, nunc primum editi.

From English Travellers of the Renaissance by Howard, Clare

We will take his advice, and instead of traveling in the clumsy rheda over the sandy road, we will ride out on horseback.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 by Various

Hanc epistolam dictavi sedens in rheda, cum in castra proficiscerer.

From The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 01: Julius Caesar by Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius

Driving within the walls of Rome being forbidden save to the Emperor and the Vestals, the tenants of these villas met the rheda outside the gates, drawn by its pair of fast-stepping horses.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope