corbillard

French

Etymology

Originally the name for the horse-drawn barge service between Corbeil and Paris, named from Corbeil, a town in France.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.bi.jaʁ/
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Noun

corbillard m (plural corbillards)

(obsolete) horse-drawn coach
hearse

Further reading

“corbillard” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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