[f. the name of Lord Brougham.] A one-horse closed carriage, with two or four wheels, for two or four persons.
1851. Househ. Words, III. 567. Dukes and marquises, and people of that sort, glide away in their broughams.
1856. Patmore, Angel in Ho., II. Prol. i. Briggs, Factotum, Footman, Butler, Groom … Preserv’d the rabbits, drove the brougham.
1866. Miss Braddon, Lady’s Mile, i. 2. Those dashing mail-phaetons and dainty little broughams.
