[alfa] Re: alfa-digest V9 #1019

[ARoman4047@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 12/14/03 7:42:17 PM, owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

<< A shooting brake is a sports coupe that has been converted to a three door
station wagon, usually by a bespoke coach-builder for a wealthy and usually
landed client, who loved his Aston martin, but, dammit, it just didn't have
the space to throw a couple of guns and the dogs in the back to go hunting. >>

The etymology is a bit more plebian; the "shooting" end is obvious, but a 
"brake" is just an early horse-drawn cart for off-road use (presumably by
a horse with mud and snow shoes...?-)

Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
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