Dictionary Workbench Ondict

brougham

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

brougham

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Bicycles, carts, horses
brough·am /ˈbruːəm/ noun [countable]  TTBa carriage used in the past, that had four wheels and a roof and was pulled by a horse 〔旧时由一匹马拉的〕四轮箱型马车
Examples from the Corpus
broughamI saw his carriage, a fine two-horse brougham, pull away as I arrived for my visit.The driver stopped the brougham in the middle of the block without having to be told.
Origin brougham (1800-1900) Lord Brougham (1778-1868), Scottish lawyer, who invented it
brough·am nounChineseSyllable
had used past, the a in carriage Corpus that


brougham
brougham /ˈbruːəm/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: Lord Brougham (1778-1868), Scottish lawyer, who invented it
a carriage used in the past, that had four wheels and a roof and was pulled by a horse


broughamBrE /ˈbruːəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbruːəm/ 🔊 nouna type of carriage used in the past, which had a closed roof and four wheels and was pulled by one horse (旧时的)四轮单马马车