A sleigh.
1808. I rode in a cariole, for one person.—Z. M. Pike, ‘Sources of the Mississippi,’ i. 68. (N.E.D.)
1820. The carriole however triumphs over the ice, and the Canadian, when he can no longer push or paddle his canoe, on the waters of the St. Lawrence, gaily careers over the frost-bound surface, and well wrapped in woollen and in furs, defies the severity of winter.—B. Silliman, ‘Tour of Quebec,’ p. 337. (N.E.D.)
1833. Their highest ambition is to turn out the fastest trotting pony when the carriole races commence on the ice at mid-winter.—C. F. Hoffman, ‘A Winter in the Far West,’ i. 118 (Lond., 1835).
