berline

noun — 2 senses

berline

noun

Etymology Borrowed from French berline.

1

Automotive, Transport, Vehicles Quebec A sedan-type (saloon-type) car.

2

Alternative, Historical Alternative form of berlin (“type of carriage”).

  • The King usually set out at ten o'clock in the morning, riding in a berline drawn by eight horses and driven by a huge coachman and a light postilion.1970, History Today, volume 20, numbers 1-6, page 388:

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