phaeton

[ fey-i-tn or, 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.

Origin of phaeton

1
1585–95; special use of Latin Phaetōn, variant of Phaethōn Phaëthon

Words Nearby phaeton

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How to use phaeton in a sentence

  • And she is going to marry Ralph Towne: she passed with him this morning; they were in the phaeton with that pair of little grays!

    Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
  • A convenient seat was placed upon his broad back, which might be compared to a phaeton without wheels.

  • The grooms eyebrows rose as he received the order for the pony-phaeton, and kept rising during all his preparations.

    Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Before the phaeton had driven off, the girl had entered the station and seated herself upon a bench.

    Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis Stevenson
  • They were all driving together in the phaeton, and the sisters were making much of their young friend.

British Dictionary definitions for phaeton

phaeton

/ (ˈfeɪtən) /


noun
  1. a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with or without a top, usually having two seats

Origin of phaeton

1
C18: from Phaëthon

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