kind of rolling throne, used in triumphs, and at the splendid entries of princes. See Chariot.

The word is from the ancient Gaulish, or Celtic, Carr; mentioned by Caesar, in his Commentaries, under the name Carrus. Plutarch relates, that Camillus having entered Rome in triumph, mounted on a carr drawn by four white horses, it was looked on as too haughty an innovation.

Carr is also used for a kind of light open chariot. The carr, on medals, drawn either by horses, lions, or elephants, usually signifies either a triumph or an apotheosis: sometimes a procession of the images of the gods at solemn supplication, and sometimes of those of some illustrious family at a funeral. The carr covered, and drawn by mules, only signifies a consecration, and the honour done any one of having his image carried at the gates of the circus. See Consecration, &c.