BERLIN, a sort of vehicle, of the chariot kind; taking its name from the city of Berlin, in Germany: though some attribute the invention of it to the Italians, and derive the word from berlina, a name given by them to a sort of stage, whereon persons are exposed to public shame. The berlin is a very convenient machine to travel in, being lighter, and less apt to be overturned, than a chariot. The body of it is hung high, on shafts, by leathern braces; there being a kind of stirrup, or footstool, for the convenience of getting into it: instead of side-windows, some have screens to let down in bad, and draw up in good, weather.