barouche

barouche

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bæˈɹuːʃ/
• Rhymes: -uːʃ

Noun

A barouche.

barouche (plural barouches)

1. (vehicles) Four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 3:

     Day was drooping on a fine evening in March as a brown barouche passed through the wrought-iron gates of Hare-Hatch House on to the open highway.

   • 1969 Anita Leslie, Lady Randolph Churchill, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 288:

     "Of course I was eager to put her affairs in order," George told my father, "but I found it a bit thick when expected to pay for Lord Randolph Churchill's barouche purchased in the ' 80s."