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A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thorough-braces. It is usually drawn by one horse.
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a carriage in general.
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A two to four wheel vehicle that carried a maximum of two and had a top.
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One horse luxury vehicle used in America from about 1700 through the Civil War. Any light carriage for pleasure driving. Also known as a "shay."
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a carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top; drawn by a single horse
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a two-wheeled vehicle with a calash top and a body slung on leather straps
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or Shay : 2 passenger carriage [1870 example seen Ford Museum, Dearborn, 9/94]. The drawing below illustrates a colonial American post chaise
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