Definition of "cariole" []

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

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• "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."