Barouche etymological technicality; over a few thousand years, words change. The barouche was based on an earlier style of carriage, the "calash" or "calèche": this was a light carriage with small wheels, inside seats for four passengers, a separate driver's seat and a folding top. A folding calash top was a feature of two other types: the chaise, a two-wheeled carriage for one or two persons, a body hung on leather straps or thorough-braces, usually drawn by one horse; and a victoria, a low four-wheeled pleasure carriage for two with a raised seat in front for the driver. A victoria is
Phaeton body doors or the body, and no permanent roof, whether rigid or folding. There were also double phaetons, with two rows of seats, triple phaetons, or even closed phaetons. After 1912, American use of the term began to be most closely associated with the "triple phaeton" body configurations that had room for three rows of seats, whether all three were installed or not. This also led to the term "phaeton" becoming similar to, and eventually interchangeable with, the term "touring car". A specific use of the term "phaeton" is with the "dual cowl phaeton", a body style in which the rear