rheda

[ ree-duh ]

/ ˈri də /

(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.

Origin of rheda

< Latin raeda, r(h)ēda < Gaulish; cf. palfrey

Glancing cautiously up and down the street, Calavius approached the rheda.

The Lion's Brood |Duffield Osborne
Allusion is here made to the rheda (the travelling-coach) or the carruca (a comfortable, nay, magnificent equipage).

Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 |Ernst Eckstein
A distance of one hundred miles was no extraordinary day's journey for him in a rheda, such as we have described it.

The Caesars |Thomas de Quincey
A harsh cry of command or warning rang out ahead, and the rheda stopped short with a jolt.

The Lion's Brood |Duffield Osborne

With keen eyes that shifted nervously, he hurried down toward the rheda.

The Lion's Brood |Duffield Osborne