1. A large, ornate, enclosed carriage drawn by horses, used especially by nobility or royalty in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Usage: archaic; historical

Examples

• The queen traveled through the city in her gilded caroche.
• A caroche was a symbol of wealth and status among European nobility.
• The caroche's heavy wooden frame required a team of strong horses to pull it.
• In historical paintings, aristocrats are often depicted arriving in elaborate caroches.