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Definition of Drosky
1. Noun. An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used in Poland and Russia.
Definition of Drosky
1. n. A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a saddle, with their feet reaching nearly to the ground. Other kinds of vehicles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities.
Definition of Drosky
1. Noun. (alternative form of droshky) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drosky
1. droshky [n -KIES] - See also: droshky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drosky
Literary usage of Drosky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland by John Lloyd Stephens (1853)
"EARLY the next morning I mounted a drosky and rode to a celebrated garden or
springs, furnished with every ... I have several times spoken of the drosky. ..."
2. The Englishwoman in America by Isabella Lucy Bird (1856)
"CHAPTER XL " I've seen nothing" —A disappointment — Incongruities — Hotel gaieties
and " doing Niagara " — Irish drosky-drivers — " The Hell of Waters ..."
3. A Woman's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Or, Pleasant Days Abroad: Being Notes by Louis M. Roope Griswold, Stephen M. Griswold (1871)
"The horse is fastened to one ade of a long pole by which the drosky is drawn.
The horse's gear is very odd. Its peculiarity is a lofty bow that arches the ..."
4. Due North: Or, Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou (1887)
"—drosky. Drivers. — Riding-School. — Theatres. — Universal Bribery. — Love of
Country. — Russians as Linguists. — Sparrow Hill. ..."
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