Meanings
nounlandaulette (plural landaulettes)
plural landaulettes · alternative landaulet
- A small landau.
- A motor car with an open driver’s seat and an enclosed rear section with one cross-seat and a collapsible roof; sometimes used for weddings.
A weather-worn Vauxhall thirty landaulette was awaiting us, and bumped us for six or seven miles over by-paths and lanes which, in spite of their natural seclusion, were deeply rutted and showed every sign of heavy traffic.
1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed
Origin
Diminutive of landau; see -ette.
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