Examples of “Stanhope” in a Sentence

noun A light, open, two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a high seat and no roof over the back.

• The gentleman arrived at the estate in a smart stanhope drawn by a single horse.
• Old photographs show the family posed beside their stanhope outside the manor house.

noun A simple one-piece pocket microscope, or a small optical viewer built around a similar lens, used to view tiny hidden images.

• The souvenir trinket held a stanhope lens revealing a miniature photograph of the seaside town.