A light, open, two-wheeled carriage drawn by two horses side by side, popular in 18th and 19th century England for racing and showing off.
From Latin 'curriculum' meaning 'a running' or 'racing course,' from 'currere' meaning 'to run.' The term was adapted in English to describe the swift, nimble carriage used for the sport of curricle racing.
Curricles were the sports cars of the 1800s—wealthy young men would race them recklessly through London, causing such traffic chaos that authorities had to regulate them, much like modern speeding laws.
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