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phaeton

[ fey-i-tnor, especially British, feyt-n ]

noun

  1. any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
  2. a vintage automobile of the touring-car type.


phaeton

/ ˈڱɪə /

noun

  1. a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with or without a top, usually having two seats
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of phaeton1

1585–95; special use of Latin ʳ󲹱ō, variant of ʳ󲹱ٳō ʳëٳDz ( def )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of phaeton1

C18: from ʳëٳDz
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She died in 1895, collapsing as she stepped into a phaeton on yet another filial rescue mission.

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He came to Wentworth Street, which ran north and south and clearly served as Englewood’s main commercial street, its pavement clotted with horses, drays, and phaetons.

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They included stagecoaches, wagons, private coaches, broughams, cabriolets, phaetons, buggies, and surreys.

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And Judith looked once at the phaeton and realised what it meant and began to scream, screaming and kicking while they carried her back into the house and put her to bed.

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The lady then descended from her phaeton, and was conducted by the children into the house. 

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