STANHOPE
\stˈanhə͡ʊp], \stˈanhəʊp], \s_t_ˈa_n_h_əʊ_p]\
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A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived.
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stan'h[=o]p, n. a light open one-seated carriage without a top, formerly with two wheels, now usually with four.
By Thomas Davidson
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Light open carriage of 2 or 4 wheels; (also S.-press) iron printing press invented by Lord S.; S.-lens (with convex surfaces of different curves).
By Sir Augustus Henry
By Henry Percy Smith
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