SEDAN


Meaning of SEDAN in English

n.1 (in full sedan chair) an enclosed chair for conveying one person, carried between horizontal poles by two porters, common in the 17th-18th c.

2 US an enclosed motor car for four or more people.

Etymology: perh. alt. f. It. dial., ult. f. L sella saddle f. sedere sit

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.