Droshky

A droshky or drosky (Russian: дрожки (plural); Polish: dorożka (singular); Estonian: troska (singular)) is a term used for several types of carriage, including:

A low, four-wheeled open carriage used especially in Russia. It consists of a long bench on which the passengers ride sideways or astride, as on a saddle, with their feet on bars near the ground.^[1]
Various two-wheeled or four-wheeled public carriages used in Russia and other countries.^[2] Dray cart.

The name comes from the Russian word doroga, meaning path or road. Baroosh was, briefly in the 1850s, a colloquial Muscovite term for the Droshky.

Early 19th Century depiction by Aleksander Orłowski.
Racing droshky.

References

↑ ARTFL Project: Webster Dictionary, 1913. Archived January 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language, University of Chicago.
↑ "Definition of droshky - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary". M-w.com. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2014-04-16.

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[1] ARTFL Project: Webster Dictionary, 1913. Archived January 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language, University of Chicago.

[2] "Definition of droshky - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary". M-w.com. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2014-04-16.