brisky

Adjective

 * 1)  Somewhat brisk; lively; energetic.

Noun

 * 1)  A britchka, a type of horse-drawn carriage.
 * 2) * 2010, Robin Adair, Death and the Running Patterer, ISBN 9780425237038, Penguin, online edition:
 * The captain called for his carriage. . . . [T]he platterer was glad that Rossi's choice of transport was a brisky, and not a smaller vehicle. . . . Two horses gave it power and its light body, made largely of woven wicker, gave it roominess and speed.
 * 1) * 2010, Robin Adair, Death and the Running Patterer, ISBN 9780425237038, Penguin, online edition:
 * The captain called for his carriage. . . . [T]he platterer was glad that Rossi's choice of transport was a brisky, and not a smaller vehicle. . . . Two horses gave it power and its light body, made largely of woven wicker, gave it roominess and speed.