Also Catharine, Kath-. [F. Catherine, mod.L. Catharīna, earlier Katerina, repr. Gr. Αἰκατερίνα name of the saint, subseq. assimilated in spelling to καθαρός pure.] The name of a legendary Saint and Martyr of Alexandria; whence a female Christian name.
The name of a kind of carriage.
1861. Ainslie, Remin. Sc. Gentleman, 172. I accompanied Miss Baillie to the review in her catherine, a carriage nearly similar to a gig, but with a roof raised on rods, to give protection from the sun. [This was in Jamaica.]
