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Shooting-brake is a car body style that has evolved through several distinct meanings over its history. Shooting-brake originated as an early 19th century British term for a vehicle used to carry shooting parties〔(Illustration of a shooting brake and the specific type of 'shooting party' which used them )〕 with their equipment and game. The term ''brake''〔1. A large carriage-frame (having two or four wheels) with no body, used for breaking in young horses. 1831 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. (ed. 2) 1002 The training of coach-horses commences with‥driving in a brake or four-wheeled frame. 1865 Derby Mercury 1 Mar., A horse-breaker's drag, or brake, with two horses harnessed to it. Etymology uncertain. ''Oxford English Dictionary Online'', Oxford University Press 2011.〕 was initially a chassis used to break in horses — and was subsequently used to describe a motorized vehicle. The term was later applied to custom-built wagons by high-end coachbuilders and subsequently became synonymous with station wagon or estate.〔''〔〔 In contemporary usage, the term ''shooting-brake'' has broadened to include a range of vehicles from five-door station wagons — to three-door models combining features of a wagon and a coupé. In 2006, ''The New York Times'' said the shooting-brake was conceived "to take gentlemen on the hunt with their firearms and dogs."〔 and "although () glory days came before World War II, and it has faded from the scene in recent decades, the body style is showing signs of a renaissance as automakers seek to invent (or reinvent) new kinds of vehicles for consumers constantly on the hunt for the next new thing."〔 In 2014, Lawrence Ulrich of the New York Times said the shooting-brake is "essentially a two-door station wagon."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = The New York Times, LAWRENCE ULRICH JAN. 13, 2014 )〕 ==Etymology and historic examples== A ''brake'' was originally a robust carriage chassis hooked to spirited horses to "break" them. A shooting-brake became a variation of a wagonette—a vehicle with longitudinal seats in rows with either a rear door or side doors—provided with game and gun racks and accommodation for ammunition. Early examples include Albion Motor Car Company's shooting-brake, described in the weekly magazine ''The Commercial Motor'' as having "seats for eight persons as well as the driver, whilst four guns and a large supply of cartridges, provisions baskets and a good 'bag' can be carried." The 1912 Hudson Model 33 (described in the book, ''American Cars in Prewar England: A Pictorial Survey'') "could be used for collecting people and luggage from the station (thus as a station wagon), it was also used to carry the beaters to and from the location of the shoot, and for bringing back the game shot. Early motorized safari vehicles were described as shooting-brakes with no windows or doors. "Instead roll-down canvas curtains were buttoned to the roof in the case of bad weather. These cars were heavy and comfortable in good weather and allowed quick and silent exit as no shooting was permitted from the vehicles." 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「Shooting-brake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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