voiture
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Here’s Pierre Rolland celebrating as he overtakes Stefan Küng in a time trial ... never mind the fact that he’s en voiture -
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2021
Already astounded by the miracle of their first train trip and a ride through Toronto in a "voiture," the four-year-olds* faced royalty calmly enough.
From Time Magazine Archive
"MM. les voyageurs, sont priés, quand ils descendent, de ne pas aller plus vite que la voiture:" passengers are requested, when they descend, not to go faster than the vehicle.
From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Robert Walsh
The girl screamed, and, of course, the young man, who had been following in another voiture, appeared.
From The Missioner by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Men in uniform go about shrieking "En voiture, messieurs, en voiture!" in a manner that suggests to the English traveller that the train is actually in motion, and that his passage is all but lost.
From Faces and Places by Sir Henry W. (Henry William) Lucy
These voitures are not at all like ours, but much more convenient for the country, the heat being so great, that glasses would be very troublesome.
From Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
One of the section's voitures, a F.I.A.T., was standing ready.
From The Enormous Room by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings
Two voitures were drawn up by the roadside, as well as several light carts, with high wheels and tilts made of rushes or cloth, conveying goods to and fro between Cagliari and Sassari.
From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester
They were put into the voitures cellulaires, each knowing nothing of the presence of the others; even the police who were in charge of them, had no idea what prisoners they had in custody.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Elizabeth Latimer
Secondly, the voitures mixtes, which may at will be hired from a livery-stable or stand or ply upon the public highway; these bear a red number.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 by Various
