'Phaeton' definitions:
Definition of 'phaeton'
(from WordNet)
noun
Large open car seating four with folding top [syn: touring car, phaeton, tourer]
Definition of 'Phaeton'
From: GCIDE
- Phaeton \Pha"["e]*ton\ (f[=a]"[-e]*t[o^]n), n. [F. pha['e]ton a kind of carriage, fr. Pha['e]thon Pha["e]thon, the son of Helios. See {Pha["e]thon}.]
- 1. A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two horses. [1913 Webster]
- 2. See {Pha["e]thon}. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) A handsome American butterfly ({Euphydryas Pha["e]ton} syn. {Melit[ae]a Pha["e]ton}). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore. [1913 Webster]