Jaunting Car (Noun)
Meaning
An open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The tourists rented a jaunting car to take them on a scenic tour of the Irish countryside.
- As we stepped into the jaunting car, the horse whinnied and pricked up its ears, ready to go.
- In Dublin's Phoenix Park, you could still see men and women riding in a jaunting car on a sunny afternoon.
- Her great-grandfather would often take her on rides in his jaunting car through the rolling hills of County Cork.
- Before the invention of automobiles, jaunting cars were the primary mode of public transportation in rural Ireland.