Archive for the ‘Vehicles’ Category

rattler

Anne | January 1st, 2008 | No Comments »

A coach. Rattle and prad; a coach and horses.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

rotan

Anne | December 27th, 2007 | No Comments »

A coach, cart, or other wheeled carriage.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

jarvis (or jarvey)

Anne | May 16th, 2006 | No Comments »

A hackney coachman.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Listed in the Vulgar Tongue as jarvis, but also seen in books as jarvey.

Dilly

Anne | January 23rd, 2006 | No Comments »

(An abbreviation of the word DILIGENCE.) A public voiture or stage, commonly a post chaise, carrying three persons; the name is taken from the public stage vehicles in France and Flanders. The dillies first began to run in England about the year 1779.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.