landaulette

English

Alternative forms

• landaulet

Etymology

Diminutive of landau; see -ette.

Noun

landaulette (plural landaulettes)

1. A small landau.
2. A motor car with an open driver’s seat and an enclosed rear section with one cross-seat and a collapsible roof; sometimes used for weddings.
   • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎^[1]:

     A weather-worn Vauxhall thirty landaulette was awaiting us, and bumped us for six or seven miles over by-paths and lanes which, in spite of their natural seclusion, were deeply rutted and showed every sign of heavy traffic.