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US
/ˈtʃɛɹiət/
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[ UK /tʃˈæɹiət/ ]
[ UK /tʃˈæɹiət/ ]
NOUN
- a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage
- a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome
VERB
- transport in a chariot
- ride in a chariot
How To Use chariot In A Sentence
- For example, the conquering Hittite King Shuppiluliuma I 1344–1322 B.C. stopped in southeastern Anatolia to review his troops and chariots before continuing onward to his goal, the siege of the city of Carchemish. The Trojan War
- And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them a hundred chariots. 1 Chronicles 18.
- They were primarily portraitists, but Thomas is now chiefly remembered for his dramatic Boadicea monument at Westminster Bridge, London, showing the fearsome warrior queen in her chariot.
- The Medes, perhaps, had such chariots, though no traces of them are found in Assyrian remains. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- An impression of the original statue group on top may be gained from the chariot groups on the triumphal arch in the relief on the south.
- In the poem, Hector's body, attached to Achilles' chariot and dragged around Troy, cannot be mutilated because Aphrodite has anointed it with ambrosia.
- The terret would originally have been attached to a chariot yoke, probably serving to guide the reins for a double harness.
- They had long been sailing west upon their expeditious and stead ship, the sun had now sat upon her throne, and her red and gold stallions that drew her chariot pranced among the hoary clouds.
- Wargames Factory have posted a photo of a painted version of the "Boudicca" figure that is included in their upcoming Celt Chariot boxed set. Tabletop Gaming News
- Poseidon clothes himself in raiment of gold, grasps his gold whip, and takes his stand upon his chariot.