stanhope

See also: Stanhope

English

Etymology

From Stanhope (“a surname”). Named after Captain Hon. Henry Fitzroy Stanhope, for whom it was first built.

Noun

stanhope (plural stanhopes)

  1. A gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically with a high seat and closed back.
    • 1829, Augustus Bozzi Granville, St. Petersburgh, a journal of travels to and from that capital:
      Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.

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