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The
words "limousine" and "chauffeur" have roots in the pre-1900 days of
carriages and trains when professional drivers and "stokers" were required
to manage horses and steam engines In the region of the Limousin, France,
shepherds long ago developed a unique,oversized and hooded garment called
a "limousine" for protection from the rain and cold. The connection
between the "limousine" and that type of automobile came from similarly
named and covered compartments of Limousin delivery wagons and the earliest
covered motor cars in France, as well as the protective cloaks used
by the drivers who sat in the open cockpits. Or, possibly, the word
was brought to common use by a Parisian coachbuilder who hailed from
the Limousin. Whatever the exact link, by the turn of the century the
word limousine applied to gasoline powered cars with enclosed passenger
compartments whose roof extended over the otherwise open drivers compartment.
And true to the etiquette of the formal horse-drawn coach, the limousine
was to be guided by a hired driver, never the owner who was to relax
in luxurious rear seats. |
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