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The answer CURRICLE has 5 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of curricle in various dictionaries:
A light, open, two-wheeled carriage, drawn by two horses abreast.
noun - a light carriage
CURRICLE - A curricle was a smart, light two-wheeled chaise or "chariot", large enough for the driver and a passenger and most unusual for a vehicle with a sing...
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Apr 10 2012 The Telegraph - Toughie |
Nov 5 2010 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
Nov 5 2010 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
Aug 3 2006 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
Mar 9 2004 The Telegraph - Quick |
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A light, open, two-wheeled carriage, drawn by two horses abreast. |
A light, open, two-wheeled carriage pulled by two horses side by side. |
Curricle description |
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A curricle was a smart, light two-wheeled chaise or "chariot", large enough for the driver and a passenger and most unusual for a vehicle with a single axleusually drawn by a carefully matched pair of horses. It was popular in the early 19th century: its name from the Latin curriculum, meaning "running", "racecourse" or "chariot" is the equivalent of a "runabout" and it was a rig suitable for a smart young man who liked to drive himself, at a canter. The French liked the English-sounding term "carrick" for these vehicles. The lightweight swept body with just the lightest dashboard hung with a pair of lamps was hung from a pair of outsized swan-neck leaf springs at the rear. For a grand show in the Bois de Boulogne or along the seafront at Honfleur, two liveried mounted grooms might follow.In Northanger Abbey Henry Tilney drives a curricle; John Thorpe drives a gig, but buffoonishly praises it as "curricle-hung". Margaret Sullivan found that Jane Austen's assignment of vehicles to the |