[a. F. char-à-banc lit. ‘benched carriage.’] A kind of long and light vehicle with transverse seats looking forward.
1832. G. Downes, Lett. Cont. Countries, I. 61. Tourists bound for Chamouny … hire a char-à-banc, which resembles an outside jaunting-car bisected lengthwise.
1864. Daily Tel., 25 Oct., 3/4. The King’s waggonette, or, being out of England, let us call it his char-à-banc.
1872. Jenkinson, Guide Eng. La., 12. Taking the char-a-banc from Ambleside to Coniston.
