Droshky
A droshky or drosky (Russian: дрожки (plural); Polish: dorożka (singular); Estonian: troska (singular)) is a term used for several types of carriage, including:
- A low, four-wheeled open carriage used especially in Russia. It consists of a long bench on which the passengers ride sideways or astride, as on a saddle, with their feet on bars near the ground.[1]
- Various two-wheeled or four-wheeled public carriages used in Russia and other countries.[2]
The name comes from the Russian word droga, pole of a wagon. Baroosh was, briefly in the 1850s, a colloquial Muscovite term for the Droshky.
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Early 19th Century depiction by Aleksander Orłowski.
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Racing droshky.
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- ↑ ARTFL Project: Webster Dictionary, 1913. American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language, University of Chicago.
- ↑ "Definition of droshky - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary". M-w.com. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
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