Barouche

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /bæˈɹuːʃ/

Origin

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.

Noun

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, , 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 Shane Leslie, , 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."