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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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Origin of calash1
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Example Sentences
He commanded him somewhat sharply to let it alone, and he himself stowed it safely within the calash.
He scoured the neighbourhood round St Petersburg in a calash at a cost of about four pounds.
"The calash is his," returned the other, shaking his head and walking quietly away from the stand.
I would rather have won this calash than have obtained fifty new suits of sails for the Scud!
Perhaps you will be disposed to sell that calash, Mabel, when it has been a short time in your possession?
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