Barouche

As a barouche carriage with a single horse as a draft animal four-wheeled traveling carriage was called with four seats original; later carriages were also driven two - and four horses.

Origin of name

The word probably comes originally from the Slavonian Kolasa or kolossnitza from and appears in Italian as Calessa, in French as the barouche. In the Tristien of Ovid are found in older editions still the verse

The site has now been repaid as spurious, but proves spreading the word.

The inclusion of any koleschenknechts - a Hofkutschers - in a Pomeranian Hofordnung dates back to 1575th

Equipment

After Krünitz is a horse-drawn carriage " a light open carriage, of an open box has to take an ordinary Chaise- box on the racks, which still commonly used is a woven basket. It differs from a common car in that it is more delicate and more convenient builded with decent seats, also painted. " In addition, a carriage is characterized by a folding top. The folding roof of the vehicle, in turn, inspired the designers to describe a certain type hat with folding brim as calèche.