Sentence:  At this moment the carriage turned into the "Prado"; a thousand magnificent <WSD>equipages</WSD>, with plumed horses, superb caparisons, and beautiful women bowing to the cavaliers, who stood for a moment on the foot-board, and then bowed their adieus to the “ladies of their love,” passed before our eyes. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A type of horse-drawn carriage.