Also britschka, britzschka, britska. [a. Polish bryczka ‘a light long travelling wagon,’ dim. of bryka goods-wagon.] An open carriage with calash top, and space for reclining when used for a journey.
1832. Fair of May Fair, III. Special License, ix. 372. Mrs. Parkyns … stipulated that her daughter should have a britschka built by Adams.
1839. Sat. Mag., Supp. Aug., 86/1. The annexed cut represents a britzschka. This form was brought from Germany about a dozen years ago.
1844. Disraeli, Coningsby, V. vi. 213. Order the britska round as usual.
1848. Thackeray, Van. Fair, lxii. Lord Bareacre’s chariot, britzka and fourgon.
1866. Miss Braddon, Lady’s Mile, ii. 14. The fashionable world had gone homeward in barouches, landaus, britzskas and phaetons.
