surrey
n. countablen. a light carriage with four wheels and two seats that face forward. It was popular in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
n. a light, four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, typically featuring two seats and a flat top. Often associated with late 19th-century American transport.
The family rode to the fair in a horse-drawn surrey.
In the musical Oklahoma!, the characters sing about a surrey with a fringe on top.
Before the widespread adoption of the automobile, the surrey served as a common family vehicle for Sunday outings and trips into town.
From Old English Sūþrigē, Sūþrigēa (“southern region”), from sūþerne (“southern”) + -gē (“district, region”).
When used to refer to the English county, it is a proper noun and remains singular.