[Fr. ka-lesh; Eng. kuh-lesh] 
[kuh-lash] | 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. |
| ca·lash (kə-lāsh') n.
[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.] |
| ca·lèche (kə-lěsh') n. Variant of calash. |
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