charret

English

Alternative forms

charet, charette

Etymology

From Old French charrete, diminutive of charre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæɹɪt/

Noun

charret (plural charrets)

(obsolete) A chariot.
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts:
  The sprete sayde unto Philip: Goo neare and ioyne thysilfe to yonder charet.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  His cruell wounds with cruddy bloud congealed,
  They binden vp so wisely, as they may,
  And handle softly, till they can be healed:
  So lay him in her charet, close in night concealed.
Alternative form of charrette

Anagrams

Charter, charter, chartre, rechart

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