phaeton

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Recent Examples of phaeton Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024 An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022 Still, the industry used carriage types to describe its models, like phaeton (a light, open carriage), shooting brake (a carriage meant for gamekeepers and sportsmen) and cabriolet (a light carriage with a foldable hood drawn by one horse). James Schembari, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phaeton
Noun
  • In Greek mythology, Helios is the god of the sun often portrayed flying through the sky on his golden chariot pulled by winged horses.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 May 2025
  • In a hilarious video, Jerri was caught on camera riding the family's automatic floor vacuum like her own personal chariot.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • The royal couple was transported to the senate in the grandest of royal ways: in a landau carriage escorted by a troupe from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride in their bright red tunics.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
Noun
  • The brand said the original Revolt roadster would be delivered in 2022, a year that came and went.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 13 May 2025
  • In 1996, the New York City Museum of Modern Art acknowledged the E-Type, adding a Jaguar roadster to its permanent design collection.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Sea grass stands tall outside the property, and there’s a 40-foot pool out back, surrounded by chaises.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2025
  • Best Last-Minute Way Day Patio Deals Transform porches, patios, and decks with weather-resistant seating, Adirondack chairs, side tables, and chaise loungers.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Noun
  • The cabriolet is only available with four seats.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In fact, the only affordable BEV sports cabriolet so far has been the MG Cyberster.
    James Morris, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Strain into a cocktail glass or coupe, and garnish with an orange peel.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 31 May 2025
  • Using a Hawthorne strainer, pour over a fine strainer into a chilled martini coupe.
    Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • In Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage — and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance.
    New York Times, New York Times, 17 May 2022
  • The three musicians have grown from talented tweens to svelte, beyond-hansom thirty somethings.
    Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2017

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“Phaeton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phaeton. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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