brougham
a four-wheeled, boxlike, closed carriage for two or four persons, having the driver's perch outside.
Automotive.
(formerly) a limousine having an open driver's compartment.
an early type of automobile resembling a coupé, often powered by an electric motor.
Origin of brougham
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How to use brougham in a sentence
The Frenchman shrugged his shoulders as he stepped into his perfectly-appointed but funereal-looking little brougham.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsNevertheless, they had spoken to no one, and on the fall of the curtain had entered a brougham in waiting and driven off.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxJessie hesitated just a minute to make quite sure that she had her permit in her pocket, when a two-horse brougham dashed up.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteMaxwell lounged away, and Jessie passed quickly along as the countess came down the steps and stepped into her brougham.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteShe has a flat at three hundred pounds, an electric brougham, a box at the opera, and a little place at Henley.
A Butterfly on the Wheel | Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
British Dictionary definitions for brougham
/ (ˈbruːəm, bruːm) /
a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
obsolete a large car with an open compartment at the front for the driver
obsolete an early electric car
Origin of brougham
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