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curricle
A curricle was a smart, light two-wheeled chaise or "chariot", large enough for the driver and a passenger and— most unusual for a vehicle with a single axle—usually drawn by a carefully matched pair of horses. It was popular in the early 19th century: its name — from the Latin ''curriculum'', meaning "running", "racecourse" or "chariot"〔(World Wide Words: Curriculum. )〕 — is the equivalent of a "runabout" and it was a rig suitable for a smart young man who liked to drive himself, at a canter. The French liked the English-sounding term ''"carrick"'' for these vehicles. The lightweight swept body with just the lightest dashboard hung with a pair of lamps was hung from a pair of outsized swan-neck leaf springs at the rear. For a grand show in the Bois de Boulogne or along the seafront at Honfleur, two liveried mounted grooms might follow.〔(Notes sur les voitures hippomobiles: Le Carrick ou curricle, à pompe. ) À Honfleur: N. Neffe, Gravure d'art contemporain. In French, illustrated.〕
In ''Northanger Abbey'' Henry Tilney drives a curricle; John Thorpe drives a gig, but buffoonishly praises it as "curricle-hung". Margaret Sullivan found that Jane Austen's assignment of vehicles to the two men was far from arbitrary.〔(Margaret C. Sullivan, "The curricle" 2000. ) Tilneys and Trap-doors: Keeping irony alive since 1999. Illustrated.〕
Curricles were notorious for the accidents their drivers suffered.〔(R v Pigott and Crampton, 1828. ) Macquarie Law: Decisions of the Superior Courts of New South Wales, 1788-1899. A child is run over by two gentlemen in a curricle.〕 Thus, in the romance novel ''Miss Carlyle's Curricle'' by Karen Harbaugh, the heroine inherits the curricle in which her uncle died in a racing accident.〔(The Romance Reader reviews: Miss Carlyle's Curricle by Karen Harbaugh. )〕
== See also ==
* Types of carriages
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