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Webster 1913 Edition


Landau

Lan′dau

,
Noun.
[From the town
Ladau
in Germany; cf. F.
landau
. See
Land
,
Island
.]
A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage.
[Written also
landaw
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Landau

LAN'DAU

,
Noun.
A kind of coach or carriage whose top may be opened and thrown back; so called from a town in Germany.