landaulette

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English

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Etymology

Diminutive of landau; see -ette.

Noun

landaulette (plural landaulettes)

  1. A small landau.
  2. A motor car with an open driver’s seat and an enclosed rear section with one cross-seat and a collapsible roof; sometimes used for weddings.
    • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed:
      A weather-worn Vauxhall thirty landaulette was awaiting us, and bumped us for six or seven miles over by-paths and lanes which, in spite of their natural seclusion, were deeply rutted and showed every sign of heavy traffic.