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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Other calèches bearing parental and grandparental couples follow.
From Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by George Washington Cable
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
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
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
They run by the side of their calèches, the reins in one hand--the whip in the other--cheering on their animals by a constant succession of epithets, oaths, and invocations to their favourite saint.
From A Love Story by A Bushman
