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calash
[ kuh-lash ]
noun
- a folding top of a carriage.
- a bonnet that folds back like the top of a calash, worn by women in the 18th century.
calash
/ kəˈlæʃ /
noun
- a horse-drawn carriage with low wheels and a folding top
- the folding top of such a carriage
- a woman's folding hooped hood worn in the 18th century
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of calash1
C17: from French calèche, from German Kalesche, from Czech kolesa wheels
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Example Sentences
He commanded him somewhat sharply to let it alone, and he himself stowed it safely within the calash.
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He scoured the neighbourhood round St Petersburg in a calash at a cost of about four pounds.
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"The calash is his," returned the other, shaking his head and walking quietly away from the stand.
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I would rather have won this calash than have obtained fifty new suits of sails for the Scud!
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Perhaps you will be disposed to sell that calash, Mabel, when it has been a short time in your possession?
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