Charabanc
Description
Charabancs were four wheeled vehicles with several long rows of forward-facing seats. They were open and usually had no roof. Commonly used to take guests on liesurely trips.
Quick Facts
- Capacity: 6-20 Persons
- Average Speed: 5mph
- Power: 2-6 Horses
Appearances in Madame Bovary
The invited guests arrived early in a variety of
vehicles. One-horse shays, two-wheeled charabancs, old gigs
without tops, vans with leather curtains. And the young men
from the nearest villages came in farm-carts, standing one
behind the other along the sides and grasping the rails to
keep from being thrown, for the horses trotted briskly and
the roads were rough. They came from as far as twenty-five
miles away, from Goderville, from Normanville, from Cany.
All the relations of both families had been asked, old
quarrels had been patched up, letters sent to acquaintances
long lost sight of. (pg 30)
References
Roney, Cusack. Rambles on Railways.
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