English

Alternative forms

• britschka, britska, britzka, britzska

Noun

britchka ‎(plural britchkas)

1. (archaic) A type of horse-drawn carriage, with a foldable roof covering.
   • 1842, Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (trans. C. J. Hogarth), Dead Souls, ch. 2:

     [H]e cracked his whip and the britchka leapt forward with increased speed over the cobblestones.

   • 1847, Xavier Hommaire De ****, Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c, ch. 22:

     The appearance of our caravan was curious and grotesque. Our britchka was drawn by three camels, taken in tow by a man on foot.

   • 1854, Leo Tolstoy (trans. C. J. Hogarth), Boyhood, ch. 2 – The Thunderstorm:

     At length, Vassili got up and covered over the britchka, the coachman wrapped himself up in his cloak and lifted his cap to make the sign of the cross at each successive thunderclap, and the horses pricked up their ears and snorted.

Synonyms

• brisky

References

• britchka at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.