What is "fiacres"

Usage examples of "fiacres".

Stones continued to bang the tabletop until Bayelle had led them from the terrace, around the angle of the great building, and along the wall as far as the big central entrance to the New Arcade, where the fiacres customarily waited.

Leading his two charges away from the New Arcade and into Viomente Street, where the fiacres ordinarily carried passengers between shops and theatre, he secured a conveyance with relative ease.