Definitions for jaunting car
jaunt·ing car

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jaunting car, jaunty carnoun

   an open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jaunting carnoun

   A kind of low-set horse-drawn open vehicle, used in Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting back to back.

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1. jaunting car

   A jaunting car, also known as an Irish jaunting car, is a light two-wheeled carriage for a single horse, typically having seats for two or four passengers. It was popular in Ireland during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is characterized by its unique seating arrangement: passengers sit back-to-back, facing outward.

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1. Jaunting car

   A jaunting car is a light two-wheeled carriage for a single horse, in its most common form with seats for two or four persons placed back to back, with the foot-boards projecting over the wheels. It was the typical conveyance for persons in Ireland at one time. The first part of the word is generally taken to be identical with the verb to jaunt, now only used in the sense of to go on a short pleasure excursion, but in its earliest uses meaning to make a horse caracole or prance, hence to jolt or bump up and down. It would apparently be a variant of jaunce, of the same meaning, which is supposed to be taken from old French jancer. It was a popular mode of transportation in 19th-century Dublin popularized by Valentine Vousden in a song by that name. Jaunting cars remain in use for tourists in some parts of the country, notably Killarney where tours of the lakes and national park are popular. The colloquial name for the driver of a jaunting car was "jarvey", referenced in the song "The Jarvey Was a Leprechaun" by Val Doonican. When William Wordsworth toured Scotland in 1803 with his sister Dorothy and friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Coleridge procured an Irish Jaunting Car for the journey from a friend in Somerset. Managing the horse and car proved difficult for Wordsworth, who had appointed himself as the driver.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jaunting Car

   The characteristic light vehicle in Ireland in which the people enjoy a jaunt or excursion. English folk newly arrived in the Emerald Isle do not always appreciate it. See “Hold hard.”

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of jaunting car in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of jaunting car in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jaunting car
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jaunting_Car
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=jaunting car
5. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=jaunting car