char-à-banc
or char·a·banc
[ shar-uh-bang, -bangk; French sha-ra-bahn ]
/ ˈʃær əˌbæŋ, -ˌbæŋk; French ʃa raˈbɑ̃ /
noun, plural char-à-bancs [-bangz, -bangks; French sha-ra-bahn] /-ˌbæŋz, -ˌbæŋks; French ʃa raˈbɑ̃/. British.
a large bus used on sightseeing tours, especially one with open sides and no center aisle.
Origin of char-à-banc
1810–20; back formation from French
char-à-bancs literally, car with benches, the
-s being taken as plural ending of word as a whole
Words nearby char-à-banc
chapultepec,
chaqueta,
char,
char siu,
char-grilled,
char-à-banc,
char.,
charabanc,
characin,
character,
character actor