char|i|ot

char|i|ot «CHAR ee uht», noun, verb.

–n.

1. a two-wheeled carriage pulled by horses. The chariot was used in ancient times for fighting, for racing, and in processions. »

Nearly 4,000 years ago, the Hittites…developing the lightest and fastest chariots of the times…fought at length with Egypt (Newsweek).

2. a four-wheeled, closed carriage with a single inside seat for two or three persons, used particularly on state occasions in the 1700's.

3. Figurative. any stately vehicle; a triumphal car, such as that in which the sun or moon is represented as pursuing their courses.

4. Slang. an old, especially large, car.

5. Obsolete, Figurative. a vehicle: »

He…maketh the clouds his chariots (English Book of Common Prayer).

–v.t.

to carry or convey in a chariot.

–v.i.

to drive or ride in a chariot.

╂[< Old French chariot < charwagon < Latin carrus]