wagon-lit

[ French va-gawn-lee ]

/ French va gɔ̃ˈli /

(in continental European usage) a railroad sleeping car.

Origin of wagon-lit

1880–85; < French, equivalent to wagon railway coach (< E) + lit bed (< Latin lectus)

I hope the wagon-lit proved a compensation for your temporary effacement, laughed Stuart.

Twos and Threes |G. B. Stern
From the window of the wagon-lit Mrs. Shiffney looked at the two men standing together as the train drew away from the platform.

The Way of Ambition |Robert Hichens
And he produced a batch of tickets, among which I saw coupons for reserved compartments in the wagon-lit.

The Golden Face |William Le Queux
But you remember what I told you when you so kindly allowed me to travel by the wagon-lit—I mean of my peril?

Spies of the Kaiser |William Le Queux

And the wagon-lit, booked to Syracuse, calmly left stranded in the station of Messina, to go no further.

Sea and Sardinia |D. H. Lawrence

wagon-lit

/ (French vaɡɔ̃li) /

a sleeping car on a European railway

a compartment on such a car

C19: from French, from wagon railway coach + lit bed