tartana

A two-wheeled vehicle, called a tartana, very much resembling a covered cart, was to be the travelling equipage of a young

The Alhambra 2002

A two-wheeled vehicle, called a tartana, very much resembling a covered cart, was to be the travelling equipage of a young

The Alhambra 2002

From Italian tartana, Arabic taridha; a similar word being used in Valencia and Grand Canary for a two-wheeled open cart.

Travels through France and Italy 2004

Thus then we set out, ourlong-legged guard striding ahead, with his escopeta on his shoulder, Manuel and Mateo on each side of the tartana, and the old invalids behind.

The Alhambra 2002

Thus then we set out, ourlong-legged guard striding ahead, with his escopeta on his shoulder, Manuel and Mateo on each side of the tartana, and the old invalids behind.

The Alhambra 2002

A rough _tartana_, which performed the service of an omnibus, passed me returning to the city, and the driver, having no passengers, invited me to ride.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Various

Valencia, and offered Hopie and me seats in their _tartana_ -- a covered cart not on springs, which is the cab of the country.

Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. John Knox Laughton 1872

There, however, the tartana and the guide were ready; so, after taking a noonday’s repast with my fellow traveller at the posada, I set out with him on our journey.

The Alhambra 2002

There, however, the tartana and the guide were ready; so, after taking a noonday’s repast with my fellow traveller at the posada, I set out with him on our journey.

The Alhambra 2002

a crowd of clamorous porters and _tartana_ drivers -- one of the scenes characteristic of landing in a country where police regulations do not exist ensued.

Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. John Knox Laughton 1872