[Fr.: wagon railway coach (a. Eng. WAGON sb.) + lit bed.] A sleeping coach on a Continental train.
1881. Morning Post, 1 Sept., 6/1. She was in the wagon-lit, which was the last carriage but one, and she is suffering from serious injuries to the legs.
1884. Daily News, 4 Feb., 3/4. The wagonlit was abandoned, and our journey was continued in an ordinary carriage.
1904. B’ness von Hutten, Pam, 39. The child, who thus was quite used to strange quarters and wagon-lits.
