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What (who) is curricle$510632$ - definition
Curricle
![An 1895 Curricle at the [[Shelburne Museum]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1895 Curricle.jpg?width=200 "An 1895 Curricle at the [[Shelburne Museum]]")
LIGHT TWO-WHEELED CHAISE OR "CHARIOT" WITH A SINGLE AXLE, USUALLY DRAWN BY A PAIR OF HORSES
A curricle was a smart, light, two-wheeled chaise or "chariot", large enough for the driver and a passenger and—most unusually for a vehicle with a single axle—usually drawn by a carefully matched pair of horses. It was popular in the early 19th century; its name—from the Latin curriculum, meaning "running", "racecourse" or "chariot"World Wide Words: Curriculum.
Curricle
LIGHT TWO-WHEELED CHAISE OR "CHARIOT" WITH A SINGLE AXLE, USUALLY DRAWN BY A PAIR OF HORSES
·noun A small or short course.
II. Curricle ·noun A two-wheeled chaise drawn by two horses abreast.
curricle
LIGHT TWO-WHEELED CHAISE OR "CHARIOT" WITH A SINGLE AXLE, USUALLY DRAWN BY A PAIR OF HORSES
['k?r?k(?)l]
¦ noun historical a light, open, two-wheeled carriage pulled by two horses side by side.
Origin
C18: from L. curriculum 'course, racing chariot'.
