English

Charabanc.

Noun

charabanc ‎(plural charabancs)

1. A horse-drawn, and then later, motorized omnibus with open sides, and often, no roof.
   • 1931, Francis Beeding, chapter 2/2, in Death Walks in Eastrepps:

     A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard.

   • 2006 Aug 7 & 14, John Updike, “Late Works”, in The New Yorker, page 70:

     The cumbersome though finely painted charabanc of the late James style is pulled swaying along by a frisky pony of a plot farcical and romantic.

Translations

References

• World Wide Words

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from French char-à-bancs ‎(“a carriage with benches”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjarəbanɡ/, [ɕɑɑˈb̥ɑŋ]

Noun

charabanc c (singular definite charabancen or charabanc'en, plural indefinite charabancer or charabanc'er)

1. charabanc

Inflection