A chaise of four

AnonymousHi, I'm reading Pride and Prejudice. In Chapter 1 Mr. Bingley arrives "in a chaise of four". Is it of four seats, four horses, or four wheels, I wonder? It'll be much appreciated if some relevant links are provided together with the answer. Thanks a lot!

It is a lightweight carriage pulled by four horses.

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chaise and four: chaise is a type of carriage; it seated three people, all facing forward, and was enclosed (see illustration on p. 397). Four refers to the number of horses pulling it. A chaise was a popular vehicle for long-distance travel, so it would be a logical one for someone coming from far away to use (in this case, as we find out later, it happens to be the carriage Mr. Bingley owns and

hi,

its a "chaise and four", meaning a carriage with four horses pulling it.

sorry, i haven't got any links!

AnonymousHi, I'm reading Pride and Prejudice. In Chapter 1 Mr. Bingley arrives "in a chaise of four". Is it of four seats, four horses, or four wheels, I wonder? It'll be much appreciated if some relevant links are provided together with the answer. Thanks a lot!

LOL im reading that right now and as soon as i saw that i tried to look it up

It is in a chaise and four. you can find it in the internet too. chaise refers to a type of carriage and four is the number of horses which drive this carriage, but totally when we use a chaise and four we wanna mention that specific vehicle