noun
berlin
buh-LIHN
noun
1
A four-wheeled covered carriage with a separate seat at the rear, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
"The nobleman arrived at the palace in an ornate berlin drawn by four horses."
How to Use Berlin
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old-fashioned style of horse-drawn carriage, named after the city — not to be confused with the city itself.
Word Forms
berlins plural
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Etymology
Named after the German capital city Berlin, where the carriage design was invented in the 1600s.