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Definition of Droshky
1. Noun. An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used in Poland and Russia.
Definition of Droshky
1. Noun. An open horse-drawn carriage, especially in Russia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Droshky
1. an open carriage [n -KIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Droshky
Literary usage of Droshky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan at First Hand: Her Islands, Their People, the Picturesque, the Real by Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke (1918)
"... CHAPTER XXIV OVER THE MANCHURIAN BATTLEFIELD On 203 Meter Hill—In a droshky—Over
the field of Liaoyang— Where Tachibana won deathless ..."
2. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors by Francis Whiting Halsey (1914)
"... mansions is overhung with fine specimens of the acacia, which is almost the
only tree that can be brought to thrive in the country. THE droshky* BY ..."
3. The Midnight Sun: Being the Story of the Cruise of the Ohio Among the North by Seneca Ray Stoddard (1901)
"He engages your guide and your droshky for you; sees that you are not overcharged
for service or imposed upon by those who would take advantage; ..."
4. The Russian Empire, Its People, Institutions and Resources by August Haxthausen, Robert Farie (1856)
"Thenceforward he lives on the narrow seat in front of his droshky or sledge.
He and his horse subsist in the most frugal manner, on the hay, corn, ..."
5. The New York Coach-maker's Magazine by Ezra M. Stratton, George Washington Wright Houghton (1859)
"THE following interesting description of the droshky, or St. Petersburg cab, ...
He asks : " Do many of your readers know what a droshky is ? ..."
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