What is "chariot"

Chariot \Char"i*ot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charioted; p. pr. & vb. n. Charioting.] To convey in a chariot.
--Milton.

Chariot \Char"i*ot\, n. [F. Chariot, from char car. See Car.]

1. (Antiq.) A two-wheeled car or vehicle for war, racing, state processions, etc.

   First moved the chariots, after whom the foot.
   --Cowper.

2. A four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage, having one seat.
   --Shak.

mid-14c., from Old French charriot "wagon" (13c.), augmentative of char "car," from Late Latin carrum "chariot" (see car).

n. 1 a two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare 2 a light four-wheeled carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes

1. n. a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage

2. a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome

1. v. transport in a chariot

2. ride in a chariot

A chariot is a type of carriage driven by a charioteer using primarily horses to provide rapid motive power. Chariots were used in militaries as transport or mobile archery platforms, for hunting or for racing, and as a conveniently fast way to travel for many ancient peoples.

The word "chariot" comes from the Latin carrus, itself a loanword from Gaulish. A chariot of war or one used in military parades was called a car. In ancient Rome and some other ancient Mediterranean civilizations a biga required two horses, a triga three, and a quadriga four.

The horse chariot was a fast, light, open, two-wheeled conveyance drawn by two or more horses that were hitched side by side, and was little more than a floor with a waist-high guard at the front and sides. It was initially used for ancient warfare during the Bronze and Iron Ages, but after its military capabilities had been superseded by cavalry as horses were gradually bred to be bigger, the chariot was used for travel, in processions, for games, and in races.

The critical invention that allowed the construction of light, horse-drawn chariots was the spoked wheel. The earliest spoke-wheeled chariots date to ca. 2000 BC. The use of chariots peaked around 1300 BC (see Battle of Kadesh). Chariots had lost their military importance by the 1st century AD, but chariot races continued to be popular in Constantinople until the 6th century.

Chariot is the debut studio album by singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, first released in 2003 on J Records. It was re-released in 2004 as Chariot (Stripped), which included all of the original Chariot content as well as a bonus disc. The bonus material was "stripped-down" (made simply and with minimal instrumentation) studio recordings of all of the original songs, as well as a cover of Sam Cooke's "Change is Gonna Come." The album was successful and was later certified Platinum in the United States.

A chariot is a two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle.

Chariot may also refer to:

The Chariot mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the southern mansions of the Vermilion Bird.

Chariot is an Adelaide-based internet service provider that is now wholly owned by the TPG-Soul Group.

The ancient Chinese chariot ( Chinese: t , s , p zhànchē, lit. "war vehicle") was used as an attack and pursuit vehicle on the open fields and plains of Ancient China from around 1200 BCE. Chariots also allowed military commanders a mobile platform from which to control troops while providing archers and soldiers armed with dagger-axes increased mobility. They reached a peak of importance during the Spring and Autumn period, but were largely superseded by cavalry in the Han Dynasty.

"Chariot" is a single by Gavin DeGraw released in 2005, taken from his 2003 album of the same name. It's believed the song addresses the overwhelming feeling Gavin felt when he moved to New York from his rural hometown. In the song, he is supposedly pleading for a chariot to come and take him home (i.e. "You'll be my vacation away from this place/ You know what I want").

"Chariot" peaked at number thirty in July, 2005 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. It was certified Platinum. It was featured prominently in a 2004 episode of Dead Like Me, in which he had prior guest starred.

DeGraw said on "Chariot":

The chariot that evolved from the ancient vehicle of this name (see Chariot) took on two main forms:

• A light, four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage having a coach box and back seats only, popular in the early 19th century.
• A vehicle for conveying persons especially in state, such as a triumphal car or a coach of state. This stately but manoeuvrable horse carriage was used for ceremonial occasions or for pleasure.

A chariotee was a light, covered, four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two seats.

A post chariot was a carriage for traveling post. The term was used specifically for a kind of light four-wheeled carriage with a driver's seat in front.

A vehicle such as a cart or wagon for transporting goods was also sometimes called a chariot.

Chariot is a commuter shuttle service owned by the privately held firm Chariot Transit Inc. The company's mobile-phone application allows passengers to ride a shuttle between home and work during commuting hours. Chariot currently operates in several neighborhoods of San Francisco, and plans to expand rapidly to other cities in the United States. New routes are determined based on demographic information and crowdsourced data.

Chariot is a co-op platform game for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Wii U and Microsoft Windows developed and published by Frima Studio, with the participation of the Canada Media Fund. It was first released on September 30, 2014 and was launched on Xbox One the next day as part of the Xbox Live Games with Gold program.

Chariot differs from most traditional Platform game as the objective is to lug around an object, the Chariot, to the end of each level. To do so, the players have to use physics-based mechanics such as pushing and pulling, adding a layer of Puzzle to the game.