karrozinとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

karrozin (複数形 karrozins または karrozini)

1. Alternative spelling of karozzin
   • 1969, Charles Owen, The Maltese Islands, New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.: Frederick A. Praeger, OCLC 483646507, page 150:

     Those wishing to go at a gentler pace can hire a karrozin for short sight-seeing trips or take a dghaisa across the bays and harbours.

   • 1984, Charles A[lbert] Jellison, Besieged: The World War II Ordeal of Malta, 1940–1942, Hanover, N.H.: Published for the University of New Hampshire by University Press of New England, →ISBN, page 78:

     Horse carriages, so popular in years gone by, reappeared in surprising number, including dozens of those graceful, elegantly appointed victorias (called karrozins) that had formerly served as Malta's taxis.

   • 2012, Dennis A. Castillo, “The Summer of 1942”, in The Santa Marija Convoy: Faith and Endurance in Wartime Malta, 1940–1942, Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 189:

     Shortly after dawn, a steady stream of people made its way on foot, in flat cars, or in karrozini (cabs) to the Cathedral Church at Mdina. The ceremony took place in a wartime setting with the cathedral stripped of many of its treasures.

   • 2014 March 31, Josephine Burden, chapter 2, in Washing Up in Malta, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, part 1 (Starting Out), page 31:

     Grace loved these Sunday afternoon excursions and usually it meant and usually it meant a trip home in a horse-drawn karrozin after mum and dad had chatted to various people who called in to the bar.