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A gig, also called chair or chaise, is a light, two-wheeled sprung cart pulled by one horse. ==Description== Gigs travelling at night would normally carry two oil lamps with thick glass, known as gig-lamps. Gig carts are constructed with the driver's seat sitting higher than the level of the shafts. Traditionally, a gig is more formal than a village cart or a meadowbrook cart. A light gig can be used for carriage racing. OED gives the date of first known reference to a horse-drawn gig as 1791. There are several types of gig, including: * ''calesín'': small, one-horse, hooded, a seat behind for the driver, used in the Philippines; diminutive of Spanish ''calesa'' * ''stanhope'': typically having a high seat and closed back; named after Fitzroy Stanhope, a British clergyman who died in 1864. * ''stick gig'': lightweight, two-wheeled, for one person * ''Tilbury (carriage)'', lightweight, two-wheeled, * ''whiskey'' or ''whisky'': small body that resembles a chair, suspended on leather braces attached to springs 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gig (carriage)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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