kago

American  

[kah-goh] / ˈkɑ goʊ /

noun

plural

kagos

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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Etymology

Origin of kago

1855–60; < Japanese: basket, cage

Example Sentences

Her voice was in his ears; without, in talk with the kago men?

From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)

Perhaps from out that curtained kago on the road his erring daughter may have peeped at him.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis

With that she moved with stately step to where, in a stream of light, the kago stood.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis

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

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace

And lords and ladies passed by, in brave attire and great array, borne in their gilded kago.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace