BROUGHAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brougham mean? 

• BROUGHAM (noun)
  The noun BROUGHAM has 2 senses:

1. light carriage; pulled by a single horse

2. a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat

  Familiarity information: BROUGHAM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROUGHAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Light carriage; pulled by a single horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("brougham" is a kind of...):

carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("brougham" is a kind of...):

saloon; sedan (a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors)

 Context examples 

A brougham was coming down it, and there could be no mistaking those grey horses.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A brougham was waiting at our door.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“A nice little brougham and a pair of beauties. A hundred and fifty guineas apiece. There’s money in this case, Watson, if there is nothing else.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then, amid a mixture of groans and cheers, Professor Challenger's electric brougham slid from the curb, and I found myself walking under the silvery lights of Regent Street, full of thoughts of Gladys and of wonder as to my future.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Pompey ran about and whined eagerly outside the gate, where the marks of the brougham’s wheels were still to be seen.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“There’s a brougham waiting for us, Watson,” said he.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Then, good-night, your Majesty, and I trust that we shall soon have some good news for you. And good-night, Watson,” he added, as the wheels of the royal brougham rolled down the street.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The daily appearance of a brougham and pair could hardly have been overlooked in such Sleepy Hollows.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A brougham was waiting with a very massive driver wrapped in a dark cloak, who, the instant that I had stepped in, whipped up the horse and rattled off to Victoria Station.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She watched us with a sardonic eye as we stepped from the brougham.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)