different between drophead vs roadster

English

Etymology

drop +? head

Noun

drophead (plural dropheads)

1. (Britain) A drophead coupé.

English

Etymology

Derived from road +? -ster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????dst?(?)/

Noun

roadster (plural roadsters)

1. a sea-going vessel riding at anchor in a road or bay.
2. (nautical) A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ham. Nav. Encyc to this entry?)

3. (archaic) A horse for riding or driving on the road.
   • 1857-1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians

     a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster

4. A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the racing track, usually of classic style and steel-framed construction.
5. (Britain, dated) One who drives much; a coach driver.
6. (Britain, dated, slang) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
7. An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat.
8. A person who lives along the road. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

See also

• cabriolet, cabrio
• convertible
• drophead
• landau
• landaulet

Anagrams

• Rodartes