Barouche Definition
(vehicles) Four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.
Other Word Forms of Barouche
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Origin of Barouche
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German Barutsche from Italian biroccio from Vulgar Latin birotium from Late Latin birotus two-wheeled Latin bi- bi- dwo- in Indo-European roots Latin rota wheel ret- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From dialectal German Barutsche, from Italian baroccio, from Late Latin *birotium, from Latin birotus (“chariot”), from bi- (“two”) + rota (“wheel”). The spelling was altered in English as if the word had come from French.
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