A stately, four-wheeled carriage with back seats only The Travelling Chariot was the private posting vehicle of the nobility with the owner's crest painted on the doors, a sword-case incorporated in the back of the body, a satin interior and seats for the servants up at the back
a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome ride in a chariot transport in a chariot
In ancient times, chariots were fast-moving vehicles with two wheels that were pulled by horses. a vehicle with two wheels pulled by a horse, used in ancient times in battles and races (char , from carrus; CAR). Open two-or four-wheeled vehicle of ancient origin. The chariot probably originated in Mesopotamia about 3000 BC; early monuments show heavy vehicles with solid wheels. Chariots were probably first used in royal funeral processions. Two-wheeled horse-drawn versions evolved for speed in battle 2000 BC, appearing first in Greece and later in Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean. Chariot racing was popular in Greece at the Olympic Games; in Rome it was the main event in the circus games, where two to four horses drew each lightweight chariot in a competition of four or six vehicles; and in Byzantium such races became the dominant events of civic life
a spiritual (=a religious song) from the southern states of the US, originally sung by black slaves working in the fields. It is now often sung at rugby matches by English supporters