A small version of a barouche; a lighter, more portable four-wheeled carriage.
From barouche + -et (French diminutive suffix meaning 'small'). This term appears in 18th-century carriage-making to denote a more economical version of the luxury barouche.
The -et suffix was carriage-makers' way of saying 'same style, smaller price tag'—you could get the fashionable look of a barouche without emptying your wallet completely.
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