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Britzka: A long, spacious carriage of four wheels, pulled by two horses. Brougham: A specific, light four-wheeled carriage, circa mid-19th century. Buckboard: A very simple four-wheeled wagon, circa the early 19th century. Buggy: a light, open, four-wheeled carriage, often driven by its owner. Cabriolet: A two-wheel carriage with a folding hood.
In a wooden-spoked wheel, the nave acts as the hub. One end of each spoke is set into the nave in a process called tennoning. In older wheels, the nave had a 6-inch sleeve that fit over the axle to keep the wheel from wobbling; it required frequent greasing. More modern carriage wheels use bearings. [4]: 197 [3]: 232
Hansom cab and driver in the 2004 movie Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, set in 1903 London Hansom cab, London, 1904 London Cabmen, 1877. The hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from York.
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Sjees with single horse. A Sjees (from Dutch, meaning chaise) is a traditional Dutch two-wheeled carriage pulled by one or two horses, which originates from Friesland in the north of Netherlands. Also called a Friesian chaise, it resembles a chaise or gig carriage but with unique regional distinctions. The undercarriage, wooden axle, large ...
Buggy from Ahlbrand Carriage Co. catalog c. 1920. 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 the roadways of America. The word "buggy" has become a generic term for "carriage" in America. Historically, in England a buggy was a two-wheeled ...
A four-in-hand in the Bois-de-Boulogne, Paris, 1905. A four-in-hand is a team of four horses pulling a carriage, coach or other horse-drawn vehicle. [1] Today, four-in-hand driving is the top division of combined driving in equestrian sports; other divisions are for a single horse or a pair.
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