Definition of Jaunting car

1. Noun. An open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland.

Exact synonyms: Jaunty Car
Generic synonyms: Cart

Definition of Jaunting car

1. Noun. A kind of low-set horse-drawn open vehicle, used in Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting back to back. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jaunting Car

jaunses
jaunsing
jaunt
jaunted
jauntee
jaunter
jaunters
jauntie
jauntier
jaunties
jauntiest
jauntily
jauntiness
jauntinesses
jaunting
jaunting car (current term)
jauntingly
jaunts
jaunty
jaunty car
jaup
jauped
jauping
jaups
java
javac
javacs
javaite
javaites
javanais

Literary usage of Jaunting car

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1841)
"The cars are of three kinds; "the covered car," "the inside jaunting car," and ... The inside jaunting-car is not often to be hired ; it is usually private ..."

2. The Isle of the Shamrock by Clifton Johnson (1901)
"IX JAUNTING-CAR JOURNEYS HE jaunting-car is Ireland's most characteristic vehicle for ordinary, light riding. It is a slender, two-wheeled contrivance whose ..."

3. England from a Back-window: With Views of Scotland and Ireland by James Montgomery Bailey (1878)
"THE TERRORS OF A JAUNTING-CAR. A STEAMER from Greenock in Scotland conveyed me to Belfast, where I first struck Ireland. Going over there showed up the ..."

4. Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American by William Henry Hurlbert (1888)
"Truly on a jaunting-car " two are company and three are none." You have almost the free companionship of a South American journey in the saddle, ..."

5. The Poetical Works of Samuel Lover by Samuel Lover (1868)
"THE jaunting car. A FULL and a faithful account I'll sing Of the wonderful things that in Ireland are; And first I would fain to your notice bring That ..."

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