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buckboard

noun

Definition of buckboard

as in stagecoach

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Recent Examples of buckboard The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard. — Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017

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Noun

The route was once a path for stagecoaches and mail coaches known as the Great North Road, but by 1983 it had been superseded by the faster M1 motorway.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 June 2026
There was a stagecoach on blocks up at this steakhouse.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026

Definition of stagecoach

Noun

If Austen had ever conceived one of her novels as a Regency Bachelorette, with the suitors driving up in barouches, the unmarried heroine would have ordered them all to turn around and go home.

— Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
Guests arriving by train were met and returned to the station by an open barouche, a six-horse tallyho that brought them to the three-story-high wooden structure with a roof of gray-red-peach bottom slate, that was modeled after Swiss Alpine hotels.

— Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023

Definition of barouche

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Passengers would debark at Country Club Station, near the intersection of what is now Cantrell Road and Kavanaugh Boulevard, and would either walk or ride in a buggy to the country club.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026
The first cars looked like horse buggies.

— Aswin Saravanan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of buggy

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Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.

— Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022

Definition of phaeton

Noun

Martha moved the antique wicker chaise below out to her driveway and sprayed it dusty rose to match the bedroom's walls.

— Dan Shaw, Martha Stewart, 8 June 2026
In a photo shared in her People cover story, which was shot by photographer Ruven Afanador, Shakira could be seen lounging on a brocade-upholstered chaise while modeling a nude cowl neck slip dress made out of nothing but mesh.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 3 June 2026

Definition of chaise

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The 1,578 hp roadster is the latest one-off calling card from the French marque’s Sur Mesure division, which specializes in customization.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 30 June 2026
The Polestar 5 sedan and Polestar 6 roadster the company also had in the works will likewise not reach American shores.

— Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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