stanhope

See also: Stanhope

English

Etymology

From Stanhope (“a surname”). Named after Captain Hon. Henry Fitzroy Stanhope, for whom it was first built.

Noun

stanhope (plural stanhopes)

1. A gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically with a high seat and closed back.
   • 1829, Augustus Bozzi Granville, St. Petersburgh, a journal of travels to and from that capital:

     Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.

Anagrams

• Stephano, phaetons, phonates, satphone