Achariot is a four-wheeled horse-drawncarriage. It is a form of shortenedcoach, cut off in front of the door, with the front seat omitted and the front wall constructed with a window, and lighter than a full coach. A chariot seats two people on a single seat facing forward, though it might have a small fold-down seat in the front for a child. It would either be driven by acoachman, or the high driver's seat removed and guided bypostilion riders. It was popular from the late 17th century to the late 19th century, but was eventually replaced by the smallerbrougham and othercoupé carriages. The origin of the word is obscured becausechariot and the similar wordschar,chair,chare,charet, andcharette, were liberally used interchangeably to indicate many two- and four-wheeled vehicles.[1]: 43–4 [2]: 84–5 [3]: 66–9
Theancient Greek and Roman chariots were war and hunting vehicles which are not related to the carriage type of chariot.[1]: 43 [2]: 84 [3]: 66
Astate chariot, also called agala chariot ordress chariot, is an elaborately decorated chariot for ceremonial occasions.[1]: 44, 154
Apost chariot was a privately owned version of the hiredpost chaise—a vehicle for travelling over longer distances, frompost to post.[1]: 134 [4]
The unrelatedchariotee was a name given to aphaeton-style carriage in the southern US.[1]: 44 [2]: 85
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