charret

English

Alternative forms

• charet, charette

Etymology

From Old French charrete, diminutive of charre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæɹɪt/

Noun

charret (plural charrets)

1. (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.

2. Alternative form of charrette.

Anagrams

• Charter, charter, chartre, rechart