/fay"i tn/ or, esp. Brit., /fayt"n/ , n.
1. any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
2. a vintage automobile of the touring-car type.
[ 1585-95; special use of L Phaeton, var. of PHAETHON PHAETHON ]