fourgon

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There are only two ways of traveling: in your own carriage, with courier and fourgon, like Russian or transatlantic noble, or with vetturino.

From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)

Then came the fourgon with the rest of the retainers, the heavy baggage, and as much as it could carry of the mud and dust which the other vehicles left behind.

From Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles

Behind this fourgon came the huntsmen, all on horseback, some in long scarlet redingotes, others clad out of courtesy in uniform like that worn by the young Marquis de Pont Brillant.

From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Sue, Eug?ne

It is much more easy to accuse one sex than to excuse the other; 'tis according to the saying,                "Le fourgon se moque de la paele."

From The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 15 by Cotton, Charles

A whole fourgon could not have been sufficient to convey these packages from the French capital to the frontier.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.