A fiacre is a form of hackney coach, a horse-drawn four-wheeled carriage for hire. In Vienna such cabs are called Fiaker. The earliest use of the word...
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Fiacre may refer to: Fiacre (carriage), a horse-drawn carriage One of three Irish saints known as Saint Fiacre The French commune of Saint-Fiacre, Seine-et-Marne...
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and Scotland. The French had a small hackney coach called a fiacre. Electric hackney carriages appeared before the introduction of the internal combustion...
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Fiacre (Irish: Fiachra, Latin: Fiacrius) is the name of three different Irish saints, the most famous of which is Fiacre of Breuil (c. AD 600 – 18 August...
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A carriage is a two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for passengers. Second-hand private carriages were common public transport, the equivalent of...
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Tanga (cart) (redirect from Tonga (carriage))
for a second passenger. Some space is available for baggage below the carriage, between the wheels. This space is often used to carry hay for the horses...
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1640s its proprietor was known to operate fiacres (carriages for hire). Through this association Saint Fiacre has become the patron saint of taxi drivers...
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A buggy refers to a lightweight four-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse, though occasionally by two. Amish buggies are still regularly in use on...
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coach is a large, closed, four-wheeled, passenger-carrying vehicle or carriage usually drawn by two or more horses controlled by a coachman, a postilion...
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A surrey is a doorless, four-wheeled carriage popular in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Usually two-seated and able to...
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