kago

American  

[kah-goh] / ˈkɑ goʊ /

noun

kagos plural

1. (in Japan) a small basketwork palanquin strung from a pole each end of which rests on the shoulder of a bearer.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• kagos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of kago

1855–60; < Japanese: basket, cage

Example Sentences

Otohime answered: "Neither horse nor kago do I need, nor any servant; I need only the dress of a pilgrim,—leggings and gown,—and a mendicant's wallet."

From Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints by Hearn, Lafcadio

The only notable addition made was the kago, a kind of palanquin slung on a single pole instead of on two shafts.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

At night the kago man set Kibei down before the Matsuminatoya.

From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)

Now upon a morning of the third month Konojo beheld men with kago come swinging through the bamboo grove.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace

Upon the roof of her kago there lay a blossoming bough.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace