curricle

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This was a four-wheeled carriage, a sort of curricle, and adapted to the carriage of about half a ton of luggage. 

From Old Roads and New Roads by Donne, William Bodham

Again, Tom Musgrave plagues Emma just as Thorpe persecuted Catherine by an ill-timed invitation to a tête-a-tête curricle drive.

From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Darwin, Francis, Sir

Mr. Knightly rides from Brunswick Square to Hartfield, by a road that Miss Austen herself must have travelled in the curricle with her brother, driving to London on a summer's day.

From A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen by Ritchie, Anne Thackeray

I'm taking out things that are wanted in a hurry and the curricle is waiting.

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.

At an early hour the curricle was at the door, and Sir Patrick, having handed his lady in, took leave of Adeline.

From Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter by Opie, Amelia Alderson