/kwo dree"geuh, -druy"-/ , n. , pl. quadrigae /kwo dree"guy, -druy"jee/ . Class. Antiq.
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses harnessed abreast. Cf. biga, triga .
[ 1720-30; quadriga, earlier pl. quadrigae, contr. of quadrijugae a team of four; cf. QUADRI-, YOKE ]