jaunting car

a light, two-wheeled, one-horse cart, once common in Ireland, having two seats set back to back, with a perch in front for the driver.

Origin of jaunting car

First recorded in 1795–1805

jauk, jaundice, jaundice of newborn, jaundiced, jaunt, jaunting car, jaunty, jaup, jaurès, jav., java

And, now I think of it, perhaps the climate explains the jaunting-car.

The Charm of Ireland |Burton Egbert Stevenson
Laughing, I summon a jaunting-car and go to buy my ticket homeward.

Wanderings in Ireland |Michael Myers Shoemaker
The Irish jaunting-car is a peculiar institution, and we all sat with our legs dangling over the road in a "dim and perilous way."

Yesterdays with Authors |James T. Fields
Our first experience of a jaunting-car was pleasant, though precarious.

With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 |Various

The Irish jaunting-car is much more a real accessory of Irish life than the shillalah or the shamrock.

Romantic Ireland; volume 2/2 |M.F and B. McM. Mansfield