Wagonette
A wagonette (little wagon) or an omnibus (a generally archaic term) is a horse-drawn wagon for passenger transport. Two wooden benches along the right and left side of the wagon platform can hold several sitting people facing each other. The driver sits on a separate, front-facing bench. They were mainly used in the late 19th centry in both britain and europe. They were the most common means of transportation at that time.
The term carried over to motorized vehicles. The 1914 book Motor Body-building in all its Branches By Christopher William Terry, described a wagonette as having longitudinal seats in rows with either a rear door or side doors.[1] The same book defined a shooting-brake as a wagonette provided with game and gun racks and accommodation for ammunition.
[edit] See also
- Bus or autobus the later motorized multi-person vehicle
- Stagecoach another type of horse drawn carriage for many people
[edit] References
- ^ "Motor Body-building in all its Branches, Christopher William Terry, 1914, p. 6". E.&F.N. Spon Limited, London. http://books.google.com/books?id=_qqEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA6&dq=shooting-brake&hl=en&ei=F0F1TpLZE-WEsAKr5cGLBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFQQ6AEwCDhu#v=onepage&q=shooting-brake&f=false.
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