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ca⋅lash

  [kuh-lash]
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–noun
1. Also, calèche. a light vehicle pulled by one or two horses, seating two to four passengers, and having two or four wheels, a seat for a driver on a splashboard, and sometimes a folding top.
2. a folding top of a carriage.
3. calèche (def. 1).
4. a bonnet that folds back like the top of a calash, worn by women in the 18th century.
Origin:
1660–70; < F calèche < G Kalesche < Czech kolesa carriage, lit., wheels; see wheel

ca⋅lèche

  [Fr. ka-lesh; Eng. kuh-lesh]
–noun, plural -lèches  [Fr. -lesh; Eng. -lesh-uhz] .
1. Also, calash. (esp. in Quebec, Canada) a type of calash pulled by a single horse, seating two passengers and having two wheels and a folding top.
2. calash (def. 1).
Origin:
1660–70; < F; see calash
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ca·lash   (kə-lāsh')   
n.  

    1. A light carriage with two or four low wheels and a collapsible top.

    2. A top for this or a similar carriage.

  2. A woman's folding bonnet of the late 18th century.


[French calèche, from German Kalesche, from Czech kolesa, from pl. of kolo, koles-, wheel, from Old Church Slavonic; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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calash

(from Czech kolesa: "wheels"), also called Caleche, or Barouche, any of various open carriages, with facing passenger seats and an elevated coachman's seat joined to the front of the shallow body, which somewhat resembled a small boat. A characteristic falling hood over the rear seat gave the name calash to any folding carriage top. Most of the vehicles had four wheels, but some had two. A type used especially in Quebec was two wheeled, with one forward-facing seat, and a driver's seat on the splashboard. Other types were almost identical to chaises and victorias.

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