/drosh"kee/ , n. , pl. droshkies .
1. a light, low, four-wheeled, open vehicle used mainly in Russia, in which the passengers sit astride or sideways on a long, narrow bench.
2. any of various other carriages, used mainly in Russia.
[ 1800-10; drózhki, orig. dim. of drógi a long, bodyless wagon, pl. (functioning as sing.) of drogá one of the shafts joining the front and rear axles of a wagon ]