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Definition of "cariole" []

  • A small, open, two- or four-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse. (noun)
  • A light, often covered cart. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cariole" in a sentence
  • "These goddesses stepping into a car, vulgarly called a cariole, the mortals followed, and explored alley after alley and pavilion after pavilion."
  • "My own sled, which was called a "cariole," was one of the usual oak sleds with parchment sides and a firm back attached."
  • "And so we found a tiny, functional apartment overlooking the picture-postcard port of Sauzon, rented bicycles for us and a cariole to tow Tadpole and our beach bags behind us, and set out to explore the surrounding villages, countryside and beaches."