whirlicote

Lady Salisbury dreaded that Grisell should lie awake all night crying, so she said nothing till her whirlicote, as the carriage of those days was called, was actually being prepared, and then she went to the chamber where the poor child had spent five months, and where she was now sitting dressed, but propped up on a sort of settle, and with half her face still bandaged.

Grisly Grisell Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

She travelled in a whirlicote, and there were others provided for her elder ladies, the rest riding singly or on pillions according to age or taste.

Grisly Grisell Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

King Charles, riding on a handsome bay horse, closely followed by a conveyance such as was called in England a whirlicote, from which the Queen was handed out by her brother.

Two Penniless Princesses Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

The whirlicote was not much better than an ornamental waggon, and

Grisly Grisell Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

There was an outer court, within an arched gate kept by a stout porter, and thus far came the whirlicote and the

Grisly Grisell Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

The only member of the party at all equal to her in beauty was the Duchess of York, who travelled in a whirlicote with her younger children and her ladies, and at the halting-places never relaxed the stiff dignity with which she treated every one.

Two Penniless Princesses Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862