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Definition of Jaunting car
1. Noun. An open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland.
Definition of Jaunting car
1. Noun. A kind of low-set horse-drawn open vehicle, used in Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting back to back. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jaunting Car
Literary usage of Jaunting car
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1841)
"The cars are of three kinds; "the covered car," "the inside jaunting car," and
... The inside jaunting-car is not often to be hired ; it is usually private ..."
2. The Isle of the Shamrock by Clifton Johnson (1901)
"IX JAUNTING-CAR JOURNEYS HE jaunting-car is Ireland's most characteristic vehicle
for ordinary, light riding. It is a slender, two-wheeled contrivance whose ..."
3. England from a Back-window: With Views of Scotland and Ireland by James Montgomery Bailey (1878)
"THE TERRORS OF A JAUNTING-CAR. A STEAMER from Greenock in Scotland conveyed me
to Belfast, where I first struck Ireland. Going over there showed up the ..."
4. Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American by William Henry Hurlbert (1888)
"Truly on a jaunting-car " two are company and three are none." You have almost
the free companionship of a South American journey in the saddle, ..."
5. The Poetical Works of Samuel Lover by Samuel Lover (1868)
"THE jaunting car. A FULL and a faithful account I'll sing Of the wonderful things
that in Ireland are; And first I would fain to your notice bring That ..."
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