calèche
noun
Also (especially in Quebec, Canada) a type of calash pulled by a single horse, seating two passengers and having two wheels and a folding top.
calèches
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pluralof calèche.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We engaged two calèches, rattle-trap vehicles, like gigs with hoods, to carry us to Santiago, the capital of Chili.
From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by William Henry Giles Kingston
Another day's journey in calèches brought them to Montreal where they were received by Arnold and a concourse of officers and citizens, and saluted with military honors.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
In the front of the house stood two calèches, the last of which, Sir Henry observed was without doors.
From A Love Story by A Bushman
In calèches, old ladies in mourning appeared with pale nuns, and old men with red decorations stretched out under lap-robes.
From His Excellency the Minister by Henri Roberts
Habitants, in their rattling calèches, were amazed by the glow in the face of a boy so ragged and forlorn.
From Old Man Savarin and Other Stories by Edward William Thomson
