[kuh-rohch, -rohsh] 
| (in the 17th century) a luxurious or stately coach or carriage. |
| ca·roche (kə-rōch', -rōsh') n. A stately carriage of the late 16th and 17th centuries. [Obsolete French carroche, from Old Italian carrozza, ultimately from carro, cart, from Latin carrus, a Gallic type of wagon; see kers- in Indo-European roots.] |