1. a closed four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a driver’s seat outside
Usage: historical
2. an early type of automobile body style with an enclosed passenger compartment and an open driver’s seat
Usage: historical; automotive

Examples

• The wealthy merchant arrived at the opera house in an elegant brougham.
• Victorian ladies preferred the privacy of a brougham to an open carriage.
• The museum displayed a beautifully restored 19th-century brougham.
• Early brougham automobiles featured luxurious interiors for passengers.
• The coachman sat exposed to the weather while passengers stayed dry in the brougham.
• Broughams were popular among the upper classes in the 1800s.