'Jaunting car' definitions:
Definition of 'jaunting car'
From: WordNet
noun
An open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland [syn: jaunting car, jaunty car]
Definition of 'Jaunting car'
From: GCIDE
- Jaunt \Jaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jaunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jaunting.] [Cf. Scot. jaunder to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer, dial. Sw. ganta to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perh. akin to E. jump. Cf. Jaunce.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To ride on a jaunting car. [1913 Webster]
- Jaunting car, a kind of low-set open vehicle, used in Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting back to back. [Written also jaunty car.] --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]